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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who unexpectedly comes to Maggie's aid when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt Glegg.
(c) Her aunt Moss.
(d) Her aunt Pullet.

2. How does the narrator think pubic opinion regards Maggie if she returns to St. Ogg's as Mrs. Stephen Guest?
(a) Her family welcomes her back.
(b) The community sympathizes with her.
(c) Gossips talk about her for weeks.
(d) People scorn her.

3. Since Maggie comes back unmarried, how does the narrator say that public opinion regards Maggie?
(a) She is a kind girl who does not mean to get into trouble.
(b) She is a sweet, innocent girl kidnapped against her will.
(c) She is a designing, bold girl who seduces her cousin's suitor.
(d) She is a thoughtless girl who needs better supervision.

4. How does Maggie try to stem her loneliness while she is living at home and nursing her father back to health?
(a) She sits with her mother and tries to cheer her up.
(b) She talks with Bob whenever he comes to visit.
(c) She finds Tom's old schoolbooks and begins to study them.
(d) She visits all her old childhood haunts in the neighborhood.

5. What does Tom want to do to make more money?
(a) Get a second job.
(b) Speculate by investing in businesses.
(c) Go back to school to get a better education.
(d) Trade, by sending cargo out to foreign ports.

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

7. What do Tom and Maggie look like when their bodies are discovered?
(a) They are hugging each other tightly.
(b) They are no longer recognizable.
(c) They are far from each other.
(d) They are never found.

8. How does Mr. Tulliver look when he goes to meet his creditors and pay them?
(a) Lacking in confidence, unsure of himself.
(b) Sick, weakly, and feeble.
(c) Like his old self, strong and full of life.
(d) Emotionally overwrought, tearful, and hesitant.

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

10. What happens between Stephen and Maggie at the Mosses?
(a) They fight over Stephen's admission of love for Maggie.
(b) They consider getting married.
(c) They admit that they love each other but will not be together.
(d) They refuse to admit that they love each other.

11. Where has Tom wanted Maggie to live as long as she remains unmarried?
(a) With their cousin Lucy.
(b) With their aunt Pullet.
(c) At home with their mother.
(d) With friends at St. Ogg's.

12. 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.

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

14. Why does Stephen contact Maggie after she returns home from their boat trip together?
(a) He writes to say that he is going to marry Lucy.
(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 stops by to say that he has no regrets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Philip want to ask Maggie to marry him right away?

2. What does Maggie say that embarrasses Lucy, during Maggie's first meeting with Lucy and Stephen?

3. Why does Maggie have nightmares while she sleeps on the boat with Stephen?

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

5. What happens to Dorlcote Mill in the flood?

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