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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Deane so skeptical about hiring Tom?
(a) Tom is only 16 years old.
(b) Tom is not very diplomatic.
(c) Tom is very clumsy.
(d) Tom is known for his hot temper.

2. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?
(a) Like a bright, sharp knife blade.
(b) Like a cold, clear shaft of ice.
(c) Like a rough, dark, overgrown puppy.
(d) Like a newly blossomed rose.

3. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(b) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(c) She spills something on her hair.
(d) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.

4. What is Mr. Tulliver's opinion of lawyers?
(a) He thinks that they are beneath his social station.
(b) He considers them to be rascals.
(c) He admires them and wants Tom to become one.
(d) He wishes that he can afford to hire one.

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

6. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?
(a) He is upset about a farmer using the river to irrigate his crops.
(b) He is upset because he is not getting along well with Mrs. Tulliver.
(c) He is upset because Maggie wants to go to school as well.
(d) He is upset because Tom is not doing so well in his studies.

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

8. What member of Maggie's family indulges her the most?
(a) Her aunt, Mrs. Glegg.
(b) Her father, Mr. Tulliver.
(c) Her mother, Mrs. Tulliver.
(d) Her brother, Tom.

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

10. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?
(a) She hopes that Mr. Tulliver is happy with his investment in Tom's education.
(b) She is delighted with the schoolwork and learns a lot herself while visiting.
(c) She is horrified by how hard Tom has to work in order to learn anything.
(d) She thinks that Tom's education is useless when he returns to St. Ogg's.

11. Why does Mr. Tulliver advise Maggie and Tom not to become too close to Philip?
(a) Because he is a hunchback.
(b) Because he is Mr. Wakem's son.
(c) Because he is older than they are.
(d) Because he does not inherit any property.

12. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?
(a) She sticks her head in a bucket of water.
(b) She brushes it.
(c) She braids it and puts a hat on.
(d) She cuts it.

13. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?
(a) She goes directly to the Tulliver home to speak with Mr. Tulliver in person.
(b) She stops speaking to the Tullivers.
(c) She complains bitterly to her sisters about Mr. Tulliver.
(d) She considers taking the Tulliver children out of her will.

14. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel vindicated in his choice to send Tom to study with Mr. Stelling?
(a) Tom is doing very well in his studies and impressing those around him.
(b) Mr. Stelling is planning to open a school and admit even more students.
(c) Mr. Wakem, the lawyer, is sending his son to study with Mr. Stelling as well.
(d) The aunts and uncles come around and feel that Tom's education is important.

15. 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) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(c) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(d) There are recent improvements to the local school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the book is introduced in the first chapter?

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

3. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?

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

5. To whom does Tom go for advice about getting a job?

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