1. Why is it hard on Maggie to have her aunts and uncles and cousins come to visit?
(a) Her cousin Lucy is much more docile and obedient than Maggie.
(b) Her cousin Lucy does not like to play with Maggie.
(c) Maggie does not like her aunts and uncles and cousins.
(d) Maggie wants to have Tom all to herself.

2. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(b) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.
(c) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(d) There are recent improvements to the local school.

3. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?
(a) She considers taking the Tulliver children out of her will.
(b) She goes directly to the Tulliver home to speak with Mr. Tulliver in person.
(c) She stops speaking to the Tullivers.
(d) She complains bitterly to her sisters about Mr. Tulliver.

4. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?
(a) He decides to go to Mrs. Glegg himself and ask her to wait a while longer for the money.
(b) He tells Mrs. Pullet how grateful he is to have her help.
(c) He decides to borrow the money to pay Mrs. Glegg back.
(d) He already has the money and pays Mrs. lregg back right away.

5. 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) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(b) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(c) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(d) Tom has a birthday.