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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?
(a) She hopes to borrow money from Mrs. Glegg herself.
(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 does not like to have family members arguing with each other.

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

3. Why do Tom and his friend Bob fight?
(a) Each thinks the other cheats at a coin flip.
(b) One wants to go fishing and the other does not want to.
(c) Bob thinks Tom does not bring him along on his "Noah's Ark".
(d) Tom feels that Bob insults Maggie.

4. Who is the one person Mr. Tulliver recognizes after his fall from the horse?
(a) Yap.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Mrs. Tulliver.
(d) Tom.

5. Why does Philip and Tom's relationship become strained?
(a) Tom makes fun of Philip's hunchback and insults his father.
(b) Tom and Philip fight over the mill's water rights.
(c) Tom and Philip both become interested in the same young woman.
(d) Philip makes fun of Tom's love of fishing and fighting.

6. How does Mrs. Tulliver hope that her sisters help the family recover from bankruptcy?
(a) They buy some of Mrs. Tulliver's dowry dishes and linens to keep them in the family.
(b) They help to pay off the mortgage on the house.
(c) They buy back the furniture.
(d) They help Tom to find a job.

7. Which part of the news about the family finances shocks Mr. Tulliver the most when he first regains his senses after the accident?
(a) The realization that most of his goods are sold.
(b) The realization that he is bankrupt.
(c) The realization that he cannot afford to keep Tom in school.
(d) The realization that he cannot pay back his debts.

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

9. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?
(a) Send him to study with a parson.
(b) Send him to the village school.
(c) Send him to study with a lawyer.
(d) Send him to boarding school.

10. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?
(a) She pushes Lucy into the mud.
(b) She jumps into the pond.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She begins to fight with Tom.

11. 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.

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

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) The mill life is the only job he knows.
(c) He needs a way to provide for his family.
(d) He gets a promotion if he stays on at the mill.

14. What is Maggie most shocked by when she arrives at home after accompanying Tom home from Lorton?
(a) Learning that the family may have to go to a workhouse.
(b) Seeing her father still lying in bed, insensible.
(c) Hearing her mother criticize her father's actions and choices.
(d) Seeing her aunts buying the family linens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Mr. Tulliver's opinion of lawyers?

4. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?

5. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?

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