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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maggie pore over the pages of a book while she is waiting for Lucy to return?
(a) She is fascinated by the book and cannot put it down.
(b) She wants to give the impression of only being interested in books.
(c) It gives her something to do and she is feeling bored.
(d) It is a way to hide her face while she is crying.

2. Where does Maggie go to live after she returns home from the boat trip with Stephen?
(a) With her aunt Glegg and her family.
(b) With her aunt Pullet and her family.
(c) With her aunt Moss and her family.
(d) With Bob and his family.

3. Why does Stephen contact Maggie after she returns home from their boat trip together?
(a) He stops by to say that he has no regrets.
(b) He writes to say that he still loves her.
(c) He stops by to apologize for letting the boat go so far.
(d) He writes to say that he is going to marry Lucy.

4. Why does Uncle Deane tell Tom that he does well not to tell people how old he is?
(a) Tom looks older than he is and may pass for being more experienced than he is in business.
(b) Tom should not bring up the subject of age because it is not good manners.
(c) Tom is thought to be younger than he is, and may be able to pass himself off as a student.
(d) Tom should try to be judged purely on the basis of his actions, not his age or appearance.

5. What clue does George Eliot give us to indicate that Stephen Guest is married at the end of the book?
(a) She says that he visits the tomb later "with a sweet face beside him".
(b) She tells the reader outright that Stephen is married.
(c) She refers to Stephen's wife and children.
(d) She has Stephen call out to his wife while they are visiting the tomb.

6. Why does Mr. Wakem talk to Maggie at the bazaar?
(a) Because he wants her advice about the mill.
(b) Because he forgives her family.
(c) Because Philip wants to marry her.
(d) Because he wants to buy some knit goods from her.

7. How does Bob try to cheer Maggie up?
(a) He does work around the house.
(b) He offers the family money.
(c) He brings her food.
(d) He brings her books.

8. What is Maggie's plan for supporting herself when she returns to St. Ogg's?
(a) She plans to get married to someone.
(b) She plans to work in the mill.
(c) She plans to sew for a living.
(d) She plans to take a teaching job.

9. What does Maggie find the most difficult about living at home, in poverty?
(a) She likes to go out with other young women.
(b) She misses books and reading.
(c) Her father seems to have no spark of life anymore.
(d) Tom does not spend enough time with her now.

10. Why do the aunts and uncles think that Maggie should not go back into service?
(a) Maggie should find a husband and settle down.
(b) The aunts do not want Maggie to travel so far away.
(c) The family finances are better now.
(d) The family wants to send Maggie back to school.

11. How does Tom come up with capital to finance his venture with Bob?
(a) He gets the money from his Aunt Glegg.
(b) He asks his father if he can use the money they are slowly saving.
(c) He gets the money from his Uncle Deane.
(d) He saves the money from his work at his job.

12. Why does Lucy have a confidential conversation with her father the same evening that Philip first comes to visit?
(a) She wants to distract Maggie from Stephen.
(b) She wants to buy the mill herself and have her family run it.
(c) She wants to ask him if there is any chance of buying the mill.
(d) She wants to warn him that Maggie and Philip may still love each other.

13. Why does Mrs. Tulliver not want Maggie to do any work that is hard on her hands?
(a) She still hopes for a good marriage for Maggie and wants her hands kept soft.
(b) She worries that Maggie gets the idea of looking for work as a housemaid.
(c) She thinks of Maggie as her baby because she is the youngest.
(d) She fears that Maggie hurts herself doing hard work.

14. Which of the following statements best foreshadows Maggie's death in the flood?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver's comment, while looking for Maggie as a child, that she drows in the pond someday.
(b) Maggie's boat trip with Stephen Guest.
(c) The historical floods that occurs at St. Ogg's.
(d) Maggie's choice to dunk her head in a bucket as a child.

15. Why does Stephen Guest steal Lucy's sewing scissors?
(a) To cut an article out of the newspaper.
(b) To cut a thread.
(c) To put them away for her and save her the trouble.
(d) To have a chance to touch her when he gives them back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lucy think that Tom changes his mind about Philip Wakem?

2. What action makes Maggie and Stephen particularly conscious of their attraction to each other?

3. What is Mr. Wakem's reaction to Philip's proposal after he has a chance to think about it?

4. What do Tom and Maggie look like when their bodies are discovered?

5. How do we know that Tom is a very able employee?

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