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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 the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
(a) She thinks that it leaves a boy's education up to pure luck.
(b) She approves of the individual attention that boys get from these teachers.
(c) She thinks it is wrong for boys to leave their homes to go to school.
(d) She feels that girls should also go to school with independent schoolmasters.

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

3. What kind of a job does Mr. Deane eventually find for Tom?
(a) A job working as a laborer on a farm.
(b) A job working in the mill.
(c) A warehouse job.
(d) A bookkeeping job.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Stephen and Maggie at the Mosses?

2. How does Tom react, at first, to Maggie's request that she is allowed to see Philip?

3. What is Stephen Guest's first reaction to hearing that Maggie is coming to visit her cousin Lucy?

4. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?

5. How does Tom come up with capital to finance his venture with Bob?

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