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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?
(a) Mr. Tulliver says that he has something on his mind regarding Tom.
(b) Mr. Tulliver says that Tom is never likely to become much of a scholar.
(c) Mr. Tulliver says that he does not mean for Tom to be a miller and a farmer.
(d) Mr. Tulliver says that if Tom is a miller, he turns Mr. Tulliver out of his own mill.

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

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

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

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

8. When Mr. Tulliver wakes up, what does he tell Tom to do about the family's bankruptcy?
(a) Destroy Moss's note and pay Luke what is owed to him.
(b) Try to find a way to save the mill.
(c) Go back to school at all costs.
(d) Get a job working as a schoolmaster.

9. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
(a) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.
(b) She wants to convince him to take her fishing with him.
(c) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(d) She thinks he forgets about her since he is away.

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

11. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?
(a) Mrs. Pullet speculates that she may not live to wear the bonnet in a second season.
(b) Mrs. Tulliver wishes that she has a similar bonnet.
(c) The bonnet is not fashionable any more.
(d) The bonnet is crushed in the closet and ruined.

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

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

14. How do Philip and Maggie become close?
(a) Maggie and Philip are united in their dislike of swords.
(b) Maggie begins to study with Philip.
(c) They go for walks together around the village.
(d) They spend a lot of time together while Tom is recovering.

15. What does Tom suggest the aunts and uncles can do to help?
(a) Provide a home for the family to go to after the property is sold.
(b) Offer a job to him and to Maggie, so they can support their parents.
(c) Give money to him and Maggie right away, instead of leaving it to them in their wills.
(d) Help him to finish his education and Maggie to finish hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?

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

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

4. Why is Maggie not punished for her behavior after running away and coming home again?

5. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?

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