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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Chapter 7 | Book 6: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tulliver agree to run the mill, even though Mr. Wakem now owns it ?
(a) The mill life is the only job he knows.
(b) He gets a promotion if he stays on at the mill.
(c) He still loves the mill and wants to take care of it.
(d) He needs a way to provide for his family.

2. What do the aunts and uncles think of Tom, now that he grows up?
(a) He should leave the Tullivers and live somewhere else.
(b) He is an embarrassment to the family.
(c) He may be able to restore the Tullivers' good name.
(d) He becomes a credit to the family.

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

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

5. How does Tom react to his father's accident?
(a) He decides to challenge Wakem to a duel.
(b) He looks for a job so he can support the family.
(c) He tells Maggie never to speak to Philip again.
(d) He tries to comfort his mother and sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie resolve never to see Philip again?

2. Why is it particularly bad timing for Mr. Tulliver to lose the lawsuit?

3. What kind of education does Tom need, if he wants Mr. Deane to help him?

4. What does Mr. Tulliver do when he happens to run into Mr. Wakem after he pays off his other creditors?

5. 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?

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