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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(b) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(c) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.
(d) She spills something on her hair.

2. What causes Mr. Tulliver to wake up?
(a) He hears the family fighting about money.
(b) He hears the sound of Maggie's voice.
(c) He hears Tom opening his tin box of documents.
(d) He hears the family coming in to check on him.

3. 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.

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

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

6. How do Tom and Philip react when they first meet each other?
(a) They are instant enemies.
(b) They instantly start talking.
(c) They are shy and awkward with each other.
(d) They become friends immediately.

7. Why does Philip and Tom's relationship become strained?
(a) Tom and Philip both become interested in the same young woman.
(b) Philip makes fun of Tom's love of fishing and fighting.
(c) Tom makes fun of Philip's hunchback and insults his father.
(d) Tom and Philip fight over the mill's water rights.

8. What is Mr. Tulliver's main regret about his children?
(a) His children do not get along with each other.
(b) His daughter, not his son, is most like him.
(c) His son, not his daughter, is most like him.
(d) His children do not do chores around the house.

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

10. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?
(a) She jumps into the pond.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She begins to fight with Tom.
(d) She pushes Lucy into the mud.

11. What is Maggie shocked to notice after the sale?
(a) Her father is moved.
(b) Her mother's linens are gone.
(c) Even the books are gone.
(d) Bob arrives to offer what little he can.

12. Why does Mrs. Glegg decide to let Mr. Tulliver keep the money a while longer?
(a) She regrets fighting with Mr. Tulliver and with Mr. Glegg about money.
(b) She is getting a good rate of interest from him.
(c) She does not really need the money.
(d) She does not want to cause problems for her sister's family.

13. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?
(a) He remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.
(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 wants Tom to be generous with Maggie if she ever needs it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Tom and Philip become closer again for a little while while Tom is recovering from his injury?

2. 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?

3. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?

4. Why does Maggie run away to live with the gypsies?

5. What does Tom think of Maggie?

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