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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 13 | Book 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maggie run away to live with the gypsies?
(a) She wants to visit a friend who is a gypsy.
(b) She is often been told that she is wild like a gypsy.
(c) She wants to buy something from the gypsies.
(d) She hopes the gypsies take her along when they leave town.

2. What does Tom think of Maggie?
(a) He thinks that she should be more ladylike.
(b) He admires her because of her intelligence.
(c) He thinks she is silly, but is fond of her.
(d) He competes with her for attention in the family.

3. Why do you think that George Eliot chooses to begin a new book, Book II, with the chapter in which Tom first goes away to school?
(a) Tom has a birthday.
(b) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(c) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(d) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.

4. 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 thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.
(c) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(d) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.

5. What helps Mrs. Glegg to feel better about her argument with Mr. Glegg?
(a) He tells her that they are doing fine financially.
(b) He suggests that family is more important than money.
(c) He tells her that she is being foolish.
(d) He hints that he provides well for her in his will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Glegg get angry with Mr. Glegg the morning after they come home from visiting the Tullivers?

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

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

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

5. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?

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