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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(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 phony and contrived.

2. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
(a) She thinks it is wrong for boys to leave their homes to go to school.
(b) She thinks that it leaves a boy's education up to pure luck.
(c) She approves of the individual attention that boys get from these teachers.
(d) She feels that girls should also go to school with independent schoolmasters.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 popular with the boys when she is older.
(b) He fears that Maggie's cleverness leads to trouble when she grows up and becomes a woman.
(c) He fears that Maggie never wants to leave home because she is so close to her parents.
(d) He fears that Maggie is sorry to see Tom go away to school.

8. What does Tom say when Maggie offers to teach him about bookkeeping?
(a) He says that she always tries to set herself up above everyone else.
(b) He says that she cannot teach him because she does not know how to do anything.
(c) He says that women are not supposed to teach men anything.
(d) He says that he is happy for her to teach him.

9. Why is Maggie not punished for her behavior after running away and coming home again?
(a) Her mother is so upset after thinking Maggie drowns that she cannot bear to punish her.
(b) The aunts and the uncles think Maggie is too wicked even to speak to about her behavior.
(c) Tom feels so guilty about the way he treats Maggie that he decides not to tease her.
(d) Her father forbids her mother and Tom to punish or reproach her.

10. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?
(a) She becomes compassionate, even toward a woman she never likes, Mrs. Stelling.
(b) She puts her own feelings aside in order to comfort Tom.
(c) She realizes that she has to support her family financially in some way.
(d) She learns that tragedy can befall anyone at any time.

11. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?
(a) Mr. Tulliver wants Tom to return home in order to run the mill.
(b) Mr. Tulliver needs Tom to testify in the lawsuit.
(c) Mr. Tulliver loses the lawsuit and has to give up all his property.
(d) Mr. Tulliver becomes a farmer and needs Tom to work on the farm.

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

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

14. What surprise does Tom bring back for Maggie from school?
(a) A kitten.
(b) Some marbles.
(c) A new fishing line.
(d) A bird's nest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the news about the family finances shocks Mr. Tulliver the most when he first regains his senses after the accident?

2. What causes Mr. Tulliver to wake up?

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

4. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?

5. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?

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