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

3. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?
(a) She does not want people in town to hear that her family is quarreling over money.
(b) She hopes to borrow money from Mrs. Glegg herself.
(c) Mrs. Tulliver asks her to intervene.
(d) She does not like to have family members arguing with each other.

4. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?
(a) She becomes compassionate, even toward a woman she never likes, Mrs. Stelling.
(b) She learns that tragedy can befall anyone at any time.
(c) She puts her own feelings aside in order to comfort Tom.
(d) She realizes that she has to support her family financially in some way.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?

2. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?

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

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

5. What attribute do all the Dodson sisters have in common?

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