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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of job does Maggie find to support herself?
(a) She becomes a seamstress for the town.
(b) She becomes a housemaid in an inn.
(c) She becomes a cook in a local eatery.
(d) She becomes a governess for Dr. Kenn's children.

4. What do Tom and Maggie both fear when Tom announces to his father that he is able to pay the debts?
(a) That something happens to stop Tom from doing it.
(b) That the shock gives Mr. Tulliver a relapse.
(c) That Tom is tempted to tell his father about Maggie and Philip.
(d) That Mr. Tulliver refuses to let Tom do it.

5. What happens at the bazaar to make Stephen start to feel jealous?
(a) He realizes that Maggie and Philip have some history together.
(b) He notices that Maggie is careful not to look at him.
(c) He sees Lucy talking to other men of St. Ogg's.
(d) He deduces that Mr. Wakem stops to see Maggie for a reason.

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

7. When Stephen and Maggie end up in a boat alone together, who is supposed to be there instead of Stephen?
(a) Tom.
(b) Bob.
(c) Philip.
(d) Lucy.

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

10. The last sentence of Book Six, Chapter 10 notes that Philip is not totally happy with Maggie's answer, and says that jealousy always longs for omniscience. What does the narrator mean by this?
(a) Philip cannot wait for Tom to feel better about the marriage.
(b) Philip is determined to take some kind of action.
(c) Philip believes that Maggie chooses asceticism again.
(d) Philip suspects there is some other reason too.

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

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

13. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?
(a) They try to ignore each other and focus on Maggie.
(b) They spend as much time together as they can.
(c) They begin to write each other letters.
(d) They start meeting secretly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie resolve never to see Philip again?

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

3. When Philip asks Maggie if she still has feelings for him, what does she give as her reason why she cannot marry him?

4. How does Stephen offend Maggie at the dance?

5. What is the real reason why Maggie is not tired the night after meeting Stephen?

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