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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. How does Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?
(a) She goes fishing with Tom.
(b) She gets into some kind of mischief.
(c) She beats up an old wooden doll in the attic.
(d) She goes swimming in the Floss.

2. What is Mr. Wakem's reaction to Philip's proposal after he has a chance to think about it?
(a) He refuses to let Philip consider marrying Maggie.
(b) He insists that Philip never associates with any of the Tullivers.
(c) He agrees that Philip asks Maggie to marry him.
(d) He agrees to meet with Tom and try to set aside their differences.

3. What does Maggie find the most difficult about living at home, in poverty?
(a) She likes to go out with other young women.
(b) She misses books and reading.
(c) Tom does not spend enough time with her now.
(d) Her father seems to have no spark of life anymore.

4. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(b) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(c) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.
(d) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.

5. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?
(a) He does not see why they cannot just make it up.
(b) He resents Philip for being so far ahead of him in school.
(c) He hates Philip for being the son of Mr. Wakem.
(d) He feels that he is never friends with Philip again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maggie shocked to notice after the sale?

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

3. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?

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

5. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?

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