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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Chapter 10 | Book 6: Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?
(a) She offers to let the family come and live with her.
(b) She tells the family that her family owes Mr. Tulliver three hundred pounds.
(c) She offers to buy some of the dishes and linens.
(d) She asks what she can do to help make her brother more comfortable.

2. Why does Stephen come to see Maggie at the Mosses?
(a) He hopes to convince her to return to Lucy's house.
(b) He wants to apologize for his behavior at the dance.
(c) He wants to persuade her not to go away again.
(d) He feels that he has to see her again no matter what.

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

4. When Philip asks Maggie if she still has feelings for him, what does she give as her reason why she cannot marry him?
(a) She is falling in love with Stephen.
(b) She loses her brother as a result.
(c) She is planning to go away to a teaching job.
(d) She upsets the memory of her dead father.

5. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?
(a) Mr. Tulliver loses the lawsuit and has to give up all his property.
(b) Mr. Tulliver becomes a farmer and needs Tom to work on the farm.
(c) Mr. Tulliver wants Tom to return home in order to run the mill.
(d) Mr. Tulliver needs Tom to testify in the lawsuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aunts and uncles think of Tom, now that he grows up?

2. Which of the following character traits does the narrator feel is typical of the people of St. Ogg's?

3. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?

4. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?

5. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?

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