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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. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?
(a) She praises his daughter, Maggie.
(b) She offers him a piece of pie.
(c) She praises his son, Tom.
(d) She reminds him of their childhood together.

2. Who is the one person Mr. Tulliver recognizes after his fall from the horse?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Tom.
(d) Yap.

3. How does Mrs. Tulliver hope that her sisters help the family recover from bankruptcy?
(a) They buy back the furniture.
(b) They help Tom to find a job.
(c) They buy some of Mrs. Tulliver's dowry dishes and linens to keep them in the family.
(d) They help to pay off the mortgage on the house.

4. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?
(a) She is always getting her clothes dirty.
(b) She likes to read books.
(c) She manages to stay neat and clean.
(d) She sits still to have her hair combed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?

2. How does Tom spend his afternoon on the day that he gets home?

3. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?

4. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?

(see the answer key)

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