1. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?
(a) He decides to go to Mrs. Glegg himself and ask her to wait a while longer for the money.
(b) He already has the money and pays Mrs. lregg back right away.
(c) He tells Mrs. Pullet how grateful he is to have her help.
(d) He decides to borrow the money to pay Mrs. Glegg back.

2. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
(a) She feels that girls should also go to school with independent schoolmasters.
(b) She thinks that it leaves a boy's education up to pure luck.
(c) She thinks it is wrong for boys to leave their homes to go to school.
(d) She approves of the individual attention that boys get from these teachers.

3. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
(a) He fears that Maggie is popular with the boys when she is older.
(b) He fears that Maggie is sorry to see Tom go away to school.
(c) He fears that Maggie's cleverness leads to trouble when she grows up and becomes a woman.
(d) He fears that Maggie never wants to leave home because she is so close to her parents.

4. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.
(b) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(c) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(d) She spills something on her hair.

5. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?
(a) Mr. Tulliver says that if Tom is a miller, he turns Mr. Tulliver out of his own mill.
(b) Mr. Tulliver says that he does not mean for Tom to be a miller and a farmer.
(c) Mr. Tulliver says that he has something on his mind regarding Tom.
(d) Mr. Tulliver says that Tom is never likely to become much of a scholar.