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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the aunts and uncles think of Tom, now that he grows up?
(a) He becomes a credit to the family.
(b) He may be able to restore the Tullivers' good name.
(c) He is an embarrassment to the family.
(d) He should leave the Tullivers and live somewhere else.

2. Why has Philip come to see Maggie?
(a) He wants to do something to help.
(b) He brings something for her family.
(c) He wants to be friends.
(d) He has a message from his father.

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

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

5. What does Maggie say to Tom after they leave Philip?
(a) Tom never has a lover of his own.
(b) Tom is no longer her brother.
(c) Tom always enjoys finding fault and punishing her.
(d) Tom never understands the difference between right and wrong.

6. What idea occurs to Stephen once he is alone in the boat with Maggie?
(a) He wants to take a long boat trip and then return.
(b) He wants to travel far away and get married.
(c) He wants to send a message to Lucy.
(d) He wants to land to avoid a storm.

7. How does Stephen offend Maggie at the dance?
(a) He showers her arm with kisses when they are briefly alone together.
(b) He tells her that he is thinking of going far away.
(c) He talks to her about love.
(d) He tries to embrace her.

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

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

10. How does Tom react when Maggie comes home?
(a) He calls the police and has her arrested.
(b) He refuses to allow her to come under his roof.
(c) He argues with her but eventually lets her in.
(d) He forgives her right away and welcomes her home.

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

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

13. 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 makes Tom feel suspicious that Maggie must be planning to marry Philip.
(d) She convinces Tom that Maggie never goes back into service.

14. What moment in the book does the narrator say is the most delicious of Tom's life?
(a) The moment when Bob first suggests the trading scheme to Tom.
(b) The moment when he tells his father he pays the family debts.
(c) The moment when Mr. Tulliver first comes out of his coma.
(d) The moment when he tells Maggie that he knows about her meetings with Philip.

15. Why does Philip continue to visit the Red Deeps?
(a) He meets Stephen there to talk about Maggie.
(b) He feels as though Maggie's spirit is still there.
(c) He needs the exercise.
(d) He likes the scenery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dorlcote Mill in the flood?

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

3. Why does Maggie continue to see Philip when she does not believe she is ever able to marry him?

4. Why does Stephen Guest steal Lucy's sewing scissors?

5. How does Maggie try to stem her loneliness while she is living at home and nursing her father back to health?

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