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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7: Chapter 4 | Book 7: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.
(b) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(c) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(d) There are recent improvements to the local school.

2. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?
(a) He is in awe of your wisdom.
(b) He is thinking of counterarguments to your views.
(c) He thinks you are strange.
(d) He is carefully listening to what you say.

3. How do Philip and Maggie become close?
(a) Maggie and Philip are united in their dislike of swords.
(b) Maggie begins to study with Philip.
(c) They go for walks together around the village.
(d) They spend a lot of time together while Tom is recovering.

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

5. When they finally meet again, what tool does Philip use to try to remind Maggie of their love for each other?
(a) Food.
(b) Books.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?

2. Is Maggie still in love with Stephen as she travels home?

3. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?

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

5. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?

(see the answer key)

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