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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of education does Tom need, if he wants Mr. Deane to help him?
(a) Bookkeeping.
(b) Banking.
(c) Management.
(d) Marketing.

4. What words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?
(a) Self-righteous indignation.
(b) Oppressive narrowness.
(c) Foolish nonsense.
(d) Tempestuous flow of emotions.

5. 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) Atheism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Paganism.

6. What does Tom suggest the aunts and uncles can do to help?
(a) Help him to finish his education and Maggie to finish hers.
(b) Give money to him and Maggie right away, instead of leaving it to them in their wills.
(c) Offer a job to him and to Maggie, so they can support their parents.
(d) Provide a home for the family to go to after the property is sold.

7. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?
(a) He hopes to pay off his debts.
(b) He has no other job.
(c) He lives there all his life and loves it.
(d) His wife asks him to.

8. Which of the following character traits does the narrator feel is typical of the people of St. Ogg's?
(a) Superstitiousness.
(b) Callousness.
(c) Grace.
(d) Courage.

9. 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 tells her that she is being foolish.
(c) He hints that he provides well for her in his will.
(d) He tells her that they are doing fine financially.

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

11. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?
(a) She is always getting her clothes dirty.
(b) She sits still to have her hair combed.
(c) She manages to stay neat and clean.
(d) She likes to read books.

12. Why does Maggie run away to live with the gypsies?
(a) She wants to visit a friend who is a gypsy.
(b) She hopes the gypsies take her along when they leave town.
(c) She wants to buy something from the gypsies.
(d) She is often been told that she is wild like a gypsy.

13. Why does Mr. Tulliver agree to run the mill, even though Mr. Wakem now owns it ?
(a) He still loves the mill and wants to take care of it.
(b) He gets a promotion if he stays on at the mill.
(c) The mill life is the only job he knows.
(d) He needs a way to provide for his family.

14. What kind of a job does Mr. Deane eventually find for Tom?
(a) A bookkeeping job.
(b) A job working as a laborer on a farm.
(c) A job working in the mill.
(d) A warehouse job.

15. Why is it particularly bad timing for Mr. Tulliver to lose the lawsuit?
(a) He is hoping to take out a second mortgage on his property.
(b) He hopes to be able to afford to keep Tom in school.
(c) He is just about to expand the mill.
(d) He has listed his household furniture as security to pay a debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Glegg decide to let Mr. Tulliver keep the money a while longer?

2. Mr. Tulliver wakes up briefly to talk to Tom when Tom arrives home from Lorton. But what happens to him after that?

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. What does Maggie discover when she finds the gypsies?

5. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?

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