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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Chapter 1 | Book 3: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?
(a) He hates Philip for being the son of Mr. Wakem.
(b) He does not see why they cannot just make it up.
(c) He resents Philip for being so far ahead of him in school.
(d) He feels that he is never friends with Philip again.

2. Why does Mr. Tulliver advise Maggie and Tom not to become too close to Philip?
(a) Because he is Mr. Wakem's son.
(b) Because he is a hunchback.
(c) Because he is older than they are.
(d) Because he does not inherit any property.

3. How does Tom hurt his foot?
(a) He sprains it fighting with Philip.
(b) He steps on a rusty nail sticking out of an old bridge.
(c) He falls down a flight of stairs.
(d) He cuts it with the sword he borrows from Mr. Poulter.

4. What does Maggie discover when she finds the gypsies?
(a) She admires them greatly.
(b) She finds out that they are planning to travel away from the village.
(c) She realizes that they just take her home again.
(d) She does not like them.

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver fall off his horse?
(a) He is shocked to learn that Mr. Wakem already holds his mortgage.
(b) His horse loses its footing in the mud.
(c) He is intoxicated after drinking too much in response to the lawsuit's completion.
(d) He has a heart attack while riding his horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps Mrs. Glegg to feel better about her argument with Mr. Glegg?

2. How does Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?

3. What surprise does Tom bring back for Maggie from school?

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. How do Philip and Maggie become close?

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