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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Chapter 8 | Book 6: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Paganism.

2. What do Tom and Maggie both fear when Tom announces to his father that he is able to pay the debts?
(a) That Tom is tempted to tell his father about Maggie and Philip.
(b) That something happens to stop Tom from doing it.
(c) That Mr. Tulliver refuses to let Tom do it.
(d) That the shock gives Mr. Tulliver a relapse.

3. How does Tom figure out that Maggie is secretly meeting Philip?
(a) He sees Maggie and Philip together.
(b) He finds a letter that Maggie writes to Philip.
(c) He sees her face when Aunt Pullet mentions seeing Philip leaving the Red Deep.
(d) He finds a book that Philip loans to Maggie.

4. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
(a) She wants to convince him to take her fishing with him.
(b) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(c) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.
(d) She thinks he forgets about her since he is away.

5. Why does Maggie get angry with her aunts and uncles?
(a) They criticize the dishes and linens.
(b) They scold and judge, but do not help.
(c) They do not remember to bring the cousins.
(d) They fight over pieces of furniture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard on Maggie to have her aunts and uncles and cousins come to visit?

2. How does Philip shake Maggie's resolve never to see him again?

3. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?

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

5. Why does Maggie ask Tom to release her from her promise not to see Philip?

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