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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Mr. Tulliver planning to send away to school?
(a) His son, Tom.
(b) His niece, Lucy.
(c) His wife, Mrs. Tulliver.
(d) His daughter, Maggie.

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

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

8. Why is it hard on Maggie to have her aunts and uncles and cousins come to visit?
(a) Maggie wants to have Tom all to herself.
(b) Her cousin Lucy is much more docile and obedient than Maggie.
(c) Maggie does not like her aunts and uncles and cousins.
(d) Her cousin Lucy does not like to play with Maggie.

9. To whom does Tom go for advice about getting a job?
(a) The lawyer, Mr. Wakem.
(b) His teacher, Mr. Stelling.
(c) His father's friend, Riley.
(d) His uncle Deane.

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

11. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?
(a) Send him to study with a lawyer.
(b) Send him to boarding school.
(c) Send him to study with a parson.
(d) Send him to the village school.

12. What character trait explains why Tom and Maggie won't take Bob's money?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Avarice.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Pride.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?

2. How does Tom hurt his foot?

3. 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?

4. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?

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

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