1. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?
(a) Her mother praises Maggie for being so well behaved.
(b) Her uncle offers to play another tune on the music box.
(c) She gets in trouble for making him spill his cowslip wine.
(d) Tom hugs her back and forgives her for upsetting his house of cards.

2. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?
(a) So that he someday becomes an artist.
(b) So that he becomes a good draftsman of buildings and bridges.
(c) So that he entertains himself at times when he is bored.
(d) So that he is well-rounded, understanding art as well as math and language.

3. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?
(a) He wants Tom to be generous with Maggie if she ever needs it.
(b) He thinks about how he feels in Mr. Moss's position.
(c) He remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.
(d) He realizes that he doesn't really need the money that badly.

4. Why do you think that George Eliot chooses to begin a new book, Book II, with the chapter in which Tom first goes away to school?
(a) Tom has a birthday.
(b) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(c) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(d) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.

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