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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. What is Mr. Tulliver's main regret about his children?
(a) His son, not his daughter, is most like him.
(b) His daughter, not his son, is most like him.
(c) His children do not do chores around the house.
(d) His children do not get along with each other.

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

3. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?
(a) He does not like to work and would rather go fishing.
(b) He misses his family at home in St. Ogg's.
(c) He does not like living with Mr. Stelling.
(d) He is not good at learning things like geometry and Latin.

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

5. 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) The aunts and the uncles think Maggie is too wicked even to speak to about her behavior.
(c) Her father forbids her mother and Tom to punish or reproach her.
(d) Tom feels so guilty about the way he treats Maggie that he decides not to tease her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?

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 Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?

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

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