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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. Mr. Tulliver wakes up briefly to talk to Tom when Tom arrives home from Lorton. But what happens to him after that?
(a) He realizes that he is paralyzed from the waist down.
(b) He lapses back into a coma.
(c) He has a premonition that he is going to die soon.
(d) He is fully restored to his senses.

6. 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) His wife asks him to.
(c) He lives there all his life and loves it.
(d) He has no other job.

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

8. Who is in their home in St. Ogg's when Tom and Maggie arrive from Lorton?
(a) The court bailiff.
(b) Mr. Poulter.
(c) Philip Wakem.
(d) The aunts and uncles.

9. Why do Tom and Philip become closer again for a little while while Tom is recovering from his injury?
(a) Tom apologizes to Philip for the things he says before.
(b) They both love Maggie.
(c) They both realize how silly their quarrel is.
(d) Philip is kind to Tom while he recovers from his injury.

10. What part of the book is introduced in the first chapter?
(a) The main characters.
(b) The setting.
(c) The theme.
(d) The plot.

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

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

13. 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 remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.
(c) He thinks about how he feels in Mr. Moss's position.
(d) He realizes that he doesn't really need the money that badly.

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

15. Why does Mr. Tulliver fall off his horse?
(a) He is shocked to learn that Mr. Wakem already holds his mortgage.
(b) He is intoxicated after drinking too much in response to the lawsuit's completion.
(c) His horse loses its footing in the mud.
(d) He has a heart attack while riding his horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character trait explains why Tom and Maggie won't take Bob's money?

2. Who is Mr. Tulliver planning to send away to school?

3. How does Tom hurt his foot?

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

5. What attribute do all the Dodson sisters have in common?

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