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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. What part of the book is introduced in the first chapter?
(a) The setting.
(b) The theme.
(c) The plot.
(d) The main characters.

2. Why does Mr. Wakem ask Mr. Tulliver to run the mill?
(a) It helpz him to get back on his feet again.
(b) It is a way for Mr. Wakem to help the Tullivers.
(c) It humiliatez him to work for Mr. Wakem.
(d) It givez Philip a chance to get to know Maggie again.

3. What is Maggie most afraid that her father does, while he is recovering from his accident?
(a) Become depressed and commit suicide.
(b) Give up all he has left in some scheme to go back to the way things are.
(c) Quit his job at the mill.
(d) Go into a rage and beat her mother.

4. What does Tom want to do to make more money?
(a) Trade, by sending cargo out to foreign ports.
(b) Go back to school to get a better education.
(c) Get a second job.
(d) Speculate by investing in businesses.

5. What kind of a job does Mr. Deane eventually find for Tom?
(a) A bookkeeping job.
(b) A job working as a laborer on a farm.
(c) A job working in the mill.
(d) A warehouse job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Glegg get angry with Mr. Glegg the morning after they come home from visiting the Tullivers?

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

3. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?

4. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?

5. Why does Mrs. Glegg decide to let Mr. Tulliver keep the money a while longer?

(see the answer key)

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