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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 Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?
(a) He wants Tom to be generous with Maggie if she ever needs it.
(b) He thinks about how he feels in Mr. Moss's position.
(c) He realizes that he doesn't really need the money that badly.
(d) He remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Tom and his friend Bob fight?

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. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?

4. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?

5. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?

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