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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 4 | Book 2: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(b) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.
(c) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(d) There are recent improvements to the local school.

2. Why does Mrs. Tulliver panic when she cannot find Maggie?
(a) She thinks that Maggie should apologize to Lucy.
(b) She thinks that Maggie drowns in the pond.
(c) She thinks that Maggie runs away.
(d) She thinks that Maggie is getting into trouble.

3. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?
(a) She does not like to have family members arguing with each other.
(b) She hopes to borrow money from Mrs. Glegg herself.
(c) Mrs. Tulliver asks her to intervene.
(d) She does not want people in town to hear that her family is quarreling over money.

4. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.
(b) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(c) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
(d) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?

2. Why does Philip and Tom's relationship become strained?

3. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?

4. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?

5. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?

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