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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 words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?
(a) Foolish nonsense.
(b) Oppressive narrowness.
(c) Tempestuous flow of emotions.
(d) Self-righteous indignation.

2. Why does Maggie ask Tom to release her from her promise not to see Philip?
(a) Maggie cannot bear to be away from Philip.
(b) Lucy thinks that Philip is a good friend for Maggie.
(c) Maggie hopes that since their father is dead, things change.
(d) Lucy wants to invite Philip to her house.

3. Mr. Tulliver wakes up briefly to talk to Tom when Tom arrives home from Lorton. But what happens to him after that?
(a) He is fully restored to his senses.
(b) He realizes that he is paralyzed from the waist down.
(c) He has a premonition that he is going to die soon.
(d) He lapses back into a coma.

4. What does Mr. Tulliver plan to do once the debts are paid?
(a) Find some property to buy.
(b) Set aside money for dowry for Maggie.
(c) Stop working for Wakem at the mill.
(d) Invest more money in Tom's trading business.

5. Why does Stephen Guest steal Lucy's sewing scissors?
(a) To cut a thread.
(b) To have a chance to touch her when he gives them back.
(c) To cut an article out of the newspaper.
(d) To put them away for her and save her the trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moment in the book does the narrator say is the most delicious of Tom's life?

2. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?

3. Why does Mrs. Tulliver panic when she cannot find Maggie?

4. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?

5. Why does Uncle Deane tell Tom that he does well not to tell people how old he is?

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