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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real reason why Maggie is not tired the night after meeting Stephen?
(a) She has a book she wants to read.
(b) She cannot stop thinking about him.
(c) She has some sewing she hopes to do.
(d) She has too much coffee to drink.

2. Why does Maggie resolve never to see Philip again?
(a) Her family does not approve.
(b) She thinks that he has something to do with her family's bankruptcy.
(c) She supposes that he must have many other things to do with his time.
(d) She does not like him very well.

3. Why doesn't Philip want to ask Maggie to marry him right away?
(a) He is not sure that he really wants to marry her.
(b) He feels certain that Maggie does not accept his proposal.
(c) He fears that his father and her brother do not approve.
(d) He does not want to offer her a life of poverty.

4. How does Tom react, at first, to Maggie's request that she is allowed to see Philip?
(a) He agrees that she is trusted now.
(b) He says that he has no confidence in anything she says.
(c) He says that she can see Philip if there is a chaperone.
(d) He says that he never allows her to see Philip as long as he lives.

5. Why does Maggie continue to see Philip when she does not believe she is ever able to marry him?
(a) She thinks that in time, people forget about the bankruptcy.
(b) She thinks that if she sees him often enough, she stops wanting to be with him.
(c) She hopes that someday something changes.
(d) She can't stop herself because she treasures their time together.

6. Why does Lucy say that she rather not be engaged?
(a) She likes to skip the engagement and just get married.
(b) She fears that her family does not approve of Stephen.
(c) Being engaged means you get married soon.
(d) She does not like Stephen that well.

7. How does Lucy's plan to intervene with Tom on Maggie's behalf backfire?
(a) She argues with Tom and ends up dividing the family between those who agree with her and those who do not.
(b) She persuades Tom that Maggie should be allowed to become a schoolteacher.
(c) She convinces Tom that Maggie never goes back into service.
(d) She makes Tom feel suspicious that Maggie must be planning to marry Philip.

8. When Philip asks Maggie if she still has feelings for him, what does she give as her reason why she cannot marry him?
(a) She upsets the memory of her dead father.
(b) She loses her brother as a result.
(c) She is planning to go away to a teaching job.
(d) She is falling in love with Stephen.

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

10. Why does the job working for Dr. Kenn become a problem?
(a) People don't think that Maggie is fit to be around children.
(b) Town gossips begin to talk about Maggie having a relationship wtih Dr. Kenn.
(c) People tend to think that Maggie is unreliable.
(d) Some gossips claim that Maggie is very lazy and does not take care of the children.

11. What is Stephen Guest's first reaction to hearing that Maggie is coming to visit her cousin Lucy?
(a) He hopes that he does not have to meet Maggie at all.
(b) He is eager to meet Maggie, assuming she is like Lucy.
(c) He does not want to set eyes on any female other than Lucy.
(d) He is afraid to see what a daughter of Mrs. Tulliver is like.

12. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?
(a) The company of friends.
(b) Her daily walk.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) Fresh fruit.

13. How does Tom figure out that Maggie is secretly meeting Philip?
(a) He finds a letter that Maggie writes to Philip.
(b) He finds a book that Philip loans to Maggie.
(c) He sees Maggie and Philip together.
(d) He sees her face when Aunt Pullet mentions seeing Philip leaving the Red Deep.

14. What is George Eliot trying to communicate with the title, "The Torn Nest is Pierced by the Thorns"?
(a) The Tullivers do not seem to be making any effort to repair their nest and it just gets worse.
(b) The Tullivers are like birds living in a torn nest with thorns that poke them.
(c) Creditors keep coming to the door to ask for money.
(d) There are many birds and bird nests in the area around the Tullivers' house.

15. How does Lucy trick Stephen?
(a) She suggests that Maggie is much older than she really is.
(b) She tells him that Maggie has not arrived yet.
(c) She implies that Maggie is blond and blue-eyed.
(d) She makes him think that Maggie takes after Mrs. Tulliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who unexpectedly comes to Maggie's aid when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?

2. What is Maggie's plan for supporting herself when she returns to St. Ogg's?

3. How does Tom force Maggie to stop seeing Philip?

4. What is Maggie most afraid that her father does, while he is recovering from his accident?

5. How does Maggie die at the end of the book?

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