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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 feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
(b) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(c) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(d) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.

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

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

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

5. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?
(a) He does not like to work and would rather go fishing.
(b) He is not good at learning things like geometry and Latin.
(c) He misses his family at home in St. Ogg's.
(d) He does not like living with Mr. Stelling.

6. 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) He has a heart attack while riding his horse.
(d) His horse loses its footing in the mud.

7. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?
(a) To ask him to help the family.
(b) To convince him to give Tom a job.
(c) To persuade him not to buy the mill.
(d) To support him as he takes on the running of the mill.

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

9. Why does Mrs. Tulliver panic when she cannot find Maggie?
(a) She thinks that Maggie drowns in the pond.
(b) She thinks that Maggie runs away.
(c) She thinks that Maggie should apologize to Lucy.
(d) She thinks that Maggie is getting into trouble.

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

11. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?
(a) They think that he is not good at managing money.
(b) They do not think that he treats Mrs. Tulliver well.
(c) They think that he is not very good looking.
(d) They are unimpressed with his parenting skills.

12. What does Maggie discover when she finds the gypsies?
(a) She does not like them.
(b) She realizes that they just take her home again.
(c) She admires them greatly.
(d) She finds out that they are planning to travel away from the village.

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

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

15. Why does Mr. Wakem decide to buy the mill?
(a) He feels responsible for the Tulliver family.
(b) He wants revenge against Mr. Tulliver.
(c) He views it as a good business investment.
(d) He wants to run a mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Tullivers think of their daughter, Maggie?

2. Why does Mr. Wakem ask Mr. Tulliver to run the mill?

3. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel vindicated in his choice to send Tom to study with Mr. Stelling?

4. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?

5. How do Philip and Maggie become close?

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