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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Chapter 5 | Book 3: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?
(a) She goes directly to the Tulliver home to speak with Mr. Tulliver in person.
(b) She considers taking the Tulliver children out of her will.
(c) She complains bitterly to her sisters about Mr. Tulliver.
(d) She stops speaking to the Tullivers.

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

3. 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 realizes that she has to support her family financially in some way.
(d) She puts her own feelings aside in order to comfort Tom.

4. What causes Mr. Tulliver to wake up?
(a) He hears the sound of Maggie's voice.
(b) He hears Tom opening his tin box of documents.
(c) He hears the family fighting about money.
(d) He hears the family coming in to check on him.

5. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?
(a) She sticks her head in a bucket of water.
(b) She brushes it.
(c) She cuts it.
(d) She braids it and puts a hat on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Tulliver wakes up briefly to talk to Tom when Tom arrives home from Lorton. But what happens to him after that?

2. What does Tom suggest the aunts and uncles can do to help?

3. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?

4. Why does Maggie get angry with her aunts and uncles?

5. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?

(see the answer key)

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