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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?
(a) That Tom exacts some revenge on Wakem, if he has the chance.
(b) That Tom takes care of the mill for as long as he lives.
(c) That Tom takes care of his mother and sister as long as he lives.
(d) That Tom finds some other business to go into that is not as heartbreaking.

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

3. What kind of education does Tom need, if he wants Mr. Deane to help him?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Bookkeeping.
(c) Banking.
(d) Management.

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

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

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

7. What do the Tullivers think of their daughter, Maggie?
(a) She is obedient but foolish.
(b) She is pretty and docile.
(c) She is smart and mischievous.
(d) She is hardworking but dumb.

8. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?
(a) Tom hugs her back and forgives her for upsetting his house of cards.
(b) Her uncle offers to play another tune on the music box.
(c) She gets in trouble for making him spill his cowslip wine.
(d) Her mother praises Maggie for being so well behaved.

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

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

11. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?
(a) She thinks the hunchback is very handsome.
(b) She lacks confidence in her ability to inspire love in anyone who is not deformed.
(c) She feels sorry for Philip because he is made fun of in the past.
(d) She likes to have her love appreciated by those who are not used to it.

12. How does Tom react to his father's accident?
(a) He looks for a job so he can support the family.
(b) He tells Maggie never to speak to Philip again.
(c) He decides to challenge Wakem to a duel.
(d) He tries to comfort his mother and sister.

13. 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.

14. 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) Her father forbids her mother and Tom to punish or reproach her.
(c) Her mother is so upset after thinking Maggie drowns that she cannot bear to punish her.
(d) The aunts and the uncles think Maggie is too wicked even to speak to about her behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?

2. Why does Maggie get angry with her aunts and uncles?

3. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?

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

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

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