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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 Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?
(a) She goes swimming in the Floss.
(b) She beats up an old wooden doll in the attic.
(c) She gets into some kind of mischief.
(d) She goes fishing with Tom.

2. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?
(a) She praises his son, Tom.
(b) She reminds him of their childhood together.
(c) She praises his daughter, Maggie.
(d) She offers him a piece of pie.

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

4. 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 boarding school.
(c) Send him to the village school.
(d) Send him to study with a lawyer.

5. Why does Mrs. Tulliver panic when she cannot find Maggie?
(a) She thinks that Maggie drowns in the pond.
(b) She thinks that Maggie runs away.
(c) She thinks that Maggie is getting into trouble.
(d) She thinks that Maggie should apologize to Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom think of Maggie?

2. What part of the book is introduced in the first chapter?

3. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?

4. Why do Tom and his friend Bob fight?

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?

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