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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?
(a) She complains bitterly to her sisters about Mr. Tulliver.
(b) She goes directly to the Tulliver home to speak with Mr. Tulliver in person.
(c) She considers taking the Tulliver children out of her will.
(d) She stops speaking to the Tullivers.

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

3. Why does Mr. Tulliver advise Maggie and Tom not to become too close to Philip?
(a) Because he is a hunchback.
(b) Because he is Mr. Wakem's son.
(c) Because he is older than they are.
(d) Because he does not inherit any property.

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

5. What does the narrator say is the prime moral value of the Dodsons?
(a) Respect for life in all forms.
(b) Submission to the will of God.
(c) Revering what is customary and respectable.
(d) Delight in the goodness of life and of all human beings.

6. What does the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Judaism.

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

8. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?
(a) She praises his daughter, Maggie.
(b) She praises his son, Tom.
(c) She reminds him of their childhood together.
(d) She offers him a piece of pie.

9. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?
(a) She hopes that Mr. Tulliver is happy with his investment in Tom's education.
(b) She thinks that Tom's education is useless when he returns to St. Ogg's.
(c) She is delighted with the schoolwork and learns a lot herself while visiting.
(d) She is horrified by how hard Tom has to work in order to learn anything.

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

11. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?
(a) He already learns most of what Tom is studying.
(b) He does not care for fishing.
(c) He is not a pleasant person to spend time with.
(d) He is the son of Tom's father's enemy, Mr. Wakem.

12. 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 learns that tragedy can befall anyone at any time.
(c) She realizes that she has to support her family financially in some way.
(d) She puts her own feelings aside in order to comfort Tom.

13. What attribute do all the Dodson sisters have in common?
(a) They are known for their beauty.
(b) They are all wealthy.
(c) They are very strongminded.
(d) They take pride in their family.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it particularly bad timing for Mr. Tulliver to lose the lawsuit?

2. Why does Mr. Tulliver agree to run the mill, even though Mr. Wakem now owns it ?

3. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?

4. What does Tom say when Maggie offers to teach him about bookkeeping?

5. Why does Philip and Tom's relationship become strained?

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