1. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?
(a) He is upset because Maggie wants to go to school as well.
(b) He is upset because he is not getting along well with Mrs. Tulliver.
(c) He is upset because Tom is not doing so well in his studies.
(d) He is upset about a farmer using the river to irrigate his crops.

2. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?
(a) Send him to study with a lawyer.
(b) Send him to study with a parson.
(c) Send him to boarding school.
(d) Send him to the village school.

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 is not good at learning things like geometry and Latin.
(c) He misses his family at home in St. Ogg's.
(d) He does not like living with Mr. Stelling.

4. Why does Mrs. Glegg get angry with Mr. Glegg the morning after they come home from visiting the Tullivers?
(a) She feels that he is not careful enough about money.
(b) She feels that he does not do enough chores around the house.
(c) She feels that he does not allow her to visit her sister often enough.
(d) She feels he does not support her in the argument with Mr. Tulliver.

5. 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 considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(c) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
(d) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.