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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. To whom does Tom go for advice about getting a job?
(a) The lawyer, Mr. Wakem.
(b) His teacher, Mr. Stelling.
(c) His uncle Deane.
(d) His father's friend, Riley.

2. Why do Philip and Maggie think that they cannot be together?
(a) They do not really love each other that much.
(b) It upsets their families.
(c) They cannot afford to set up a household.
(d) The townspeople gossip about them.

3. What does Mr. Tulliver do when he happens to run into Mr. Wakem after he pays off his other creditors?
(a) He attacks him.
(b) He asks him to come and have dinner with the family.
(c) He tells him what happens.
(d) He forgives him.

4. Why does Mr. Wakem talk to Maggie at the bazaar?
(a) Because he wants to buy some knit goods from her.
(b) Because he forgives her family.
(c) Because Philip wants to marry her.
(d) Because he wants her advice about the mill.

5. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?
(a) They begin to write each other letters.
(b) They spend as much time together as they can.
(c) They try to ignore each other and focus on Maggie.
(d) They start meeting secretly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philip offer to do for Maggie if she sees him regularly while she is caring for her parents?

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

3. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?

4. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?

5. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?

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