View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 9 | Book 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom spend his afternoon on the day that he gets home?
(a) Playing with Maggie.
(b) Fishing with his friend Bob.
(c) Whittling sticks and talking to Luke.
(d) Talking with his parents about school.

2. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?
(a) She begins to fight with Tom.
(b) She jumps into the pond.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She pushes Lucy into the mud.

3. What part of the book is introduced in the first chapter?
(a) The plot.
(b) The setting.
(c) The main characters.
(d) The theme.

4. What surprise does Tom bring back for Maggie from school?
(a) A new fishing line.
(b) A kitten.
(c) Some marbles.
(d) A bird's nest.

5. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
(a) He fears that Maggie's cleverness leads to trouble when she grows up and becomes a woman.
(b) He fears that Maggie is sorry to see Tom go away to school.
(c) He fears that Maggie is popular with the boys when she is older.
(d) He fears that Maggie never wants to leave home because she is so close to her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?

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

3. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?

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

5. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 436 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample