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

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

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?
(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.

5. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?
(a) She is delighted with the schoolwork and learns a lot herself while visiting.
(b) She hopes that Mr. Tulliver is happy with his investment in Tom's education.
(c) She thinks that Tom's education is useless when he returns to St. Ogg's.
(d) She is horrified by how hard Tom has to work in order to learn anything.