1. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?
(a) Send him to study with a parson.
(b) Send him to study with a lawyer.
(c) Send him to boarding school.
(d) Send him to the village school.

2. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?
(a) The bonnet is crushed in the closet and ruined.
(b) Mrs. Tulliver wishes that she has a similar bonnet.
(c) Mrs. Pullet speculates that she may not live to wear the bonnet in a second season.
(d) The bonnet is not fashionable any more.

3. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?
(a) He thinks you are strange.
(b) He is carefully listening to what you say.
(c) He is in awe of your wisdom.
(d) He is thinking of counterarguments to your views.

4. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?
(a) Tom hugs her back and forgives her for upsetting his house of cards.
(b) Her uncle offers to play another tune on the music box.
(c) She gets in trouble for making him spill his cowslip wine.
(d) Her mother praises Maggie for being so well behaved.

5. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?
(a) Mr. Tulliver says that he does not mean for Tom to be a miller and a farmer.
(b) Mr. Tulliver says that if Tom is a miller, he turns Mr. Tulliver out of his own mill.
(c) Mr. Tulliver says that he has something on his mind regarding Tom.
(d) Mr. Tulliver says that Tom is never likely to become much of a scholar.