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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. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?
(a) Like a newly blossomed rose.
(b) Like a cold, clear shaft of ice.
(c) Like a rough, dark, overgrown puppy.
(d) Like a bright, sharp knife blade.

2. 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) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(b) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(c) Tom has a birthday.
(d) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.

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

4. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
(a) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.
(b) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(c) She wants to convince him to take her fishing with him.
(d) She thinks he forgets about her since he is away.

5. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?
(a) He hates Philip for being the son of Mr. Wakem.
(b) He resents Philip for being so far ahead of him in school.
(c) He does not see why they cannot just make it up.
(d) He feels that he is never friends with Philip again.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?

3. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?

4. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?

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

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