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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?
(a) The bonnet is crushed in the closet and ruined.
(b) Mrs. Tulliver wishes that she has a similar bonnet.
(c) The bonnet is not fashionable any more.
(d) Mrs. Pullet speculates that she may not live to wear the bonnet in a second season.

2. How do Tom and Philip react when they first meet each other?
(a) They are shy and awkward with each other.
(b) They are instant enemies.
(c) They instantly start talking.
(d) They become friends immediately.

3. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?
(a) He is not good at learning things like geometry and Latin.
(b) He does not like to work and would rather go fishing.
(c) He does not like living with Mr. Stelling.
(d) He misses his family at home in St. Ogg's.

4. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?
(a) She does not like to have family members arguing with each other.
(b) Mrs. Tulliver asks her to intervene.
(c) She does not want people in town to hear that her family is quarreling over money.
(d) She hopes to borrow money from Mrs. Glegg herself.

5. What helps Mrs. Glegg to feel better about her argument with Mr. Glegg?
(a) He suggests that family is more important than money.
(b) He hints that he provides well for her in his will.
(c) He tells her that she is being foolish.
(d) He tells her that they are doing fine financially.

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

7. 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 is carefully listening to what you say.
(d) He thinks you are strange.

8. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?
(a) She offers to buy some of the dishes and linens.
(b) She tells the family that her family owes Mr. Tulliver three hundred pounds.
(c) She offers to let the family come and live with her.
(d) She asks what she can do to help make her brother more comfortable.

9. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?
(a) To persuade him not to buy the mill.
(b) To ask him to help the family.
(c) To convince him to give Tom a job.
(d) To support him as he takes on the running of the mill.

10. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?
(a) He already has the money and pays Mrs. lregg back right away.
(b) He tells Mrs. Pullet how grateful he is to have her help.
(c) He decides to borrow the money to pay Mrs. Glegg back.
(d) He decides to go to Mrs. Glegg himself and ask her to wait a while longer for the money.

11. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
(a) He fears that Maggie is sorry to see Tom go away to school.
(b) He fears that Maggie is popular with the boys when she is older.
(c) He fears that Maggie's cleverness leads to trouble when she grows up and becomes a woman.
(d) He fears that Maggie never wants to leave home because she is so close to her parents.

12. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?
(a) So that he becomes a good draftsman of buildings and bridges.
(b) So that he someday becomes an artist.
(c) So that he is well-rounded, understanding art as well as math and language.
(d) So that he entertains himself at times when he is bored.

13. 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 thinks he forgets about her since he is away.
(c) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(d) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.

14. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?
(a) He wants Tom to be generous with Maggie if she ever needs it.
(b) He realizes that he doesn't really need the money that badly.
(c) He thinks about how he feels in Mr. Moss's position.
(d) He remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?

2. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?

3. What words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?

4. How does Philip manage to get Tom excited about learning?

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

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