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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) Fishing with his friend Bob.
(b) Playing with Maggie.
(c) Whittling sticks and talking to Luke.
(d) Talking with his parents about school.

2. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?
(a) Like a cold, clear shaft of ice.
(b) Like a rough, dark, overgrown puppy.
(c) Like a newly blossomed rose.
(d) Like a bright, sharp knife blade.

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

4. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?
(a) She brushes it.
(b) She sticks her head in a bucket of water.
(c) She braids it and puts a hat on.
(d) She cuts it.

5. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
(b) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(c) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(d) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Tulliver's main regret about his children?

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

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

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

5. What surprise does Tom bring back for Maggie from school?

(see the answer key)

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