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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 do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?
(a) They are unimpressed with his parenting skills.
(b) They think that he is not very good looking.
(c) They do not think that he treats Mrs. Tulliver well.
(d) They think that he is not good at managing money.

2. Why do Tom and his friend Bob fight?
(a) Bob thinks Tom does not bring him along on his "Noah's Ark".
(b) Tom feels that Bob insults Maggie.
(c) Each thinks the other cheats at a coin flip.
(d) One wants to go fishing and the other does not want to.

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

4. Why is Maggie not punished for her behavior after running away and coming home again?
(a) Her mother is so upset after thinking Maggie drowns that she cannot bear to punish her.
(b) Her father forbids her mother and Tom to punish or reproach her.
(c) The aunts and the uncles think Maggie is too wicked even to speak to about her behavior.
(d) Tom feels so guilty about the way he treats Maggie that he decides not to tease her.

5. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She spills something on her hair.
(b) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.
(c) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(d) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?

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

3. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?

4. 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?

5. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?

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