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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 Tom feel about the argument with Philip?
(a) He does not see why they cannot just make it up.
(b) He hates Philip for being the son of Mr. Wakem.
(c) He resents Philip for being so far ahead of him in school.
(d) He feels that he is never friends with Philip again.
2. 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 spills something on her hair.
(c) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(d) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
3. 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 considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(d) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
4. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?
(a) She praises his daughter, Maggie.
(b) She praises his son, Tom.
(c) She offers him a piece of pie.
(d) She reminds him of their childhood together.
5. How does Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?
(a) She gets into some kind of mischief.
(b) She goes swimming in the Floss.
(c) She goes fishing with Tom.
(d) She beats up an old wooden doll in the attic.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
2. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?
3. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
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?
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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