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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Tulliver planning to send away to school?
(a) His daughter, Maggie.
(b) His wife, Mrs. Tulliver.
(c) His niece, Lucy.
(d) His son, Tom.

2. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?
(a) That Tom exacts some revenge on Wakem, if he has the chance.
(b) That Tom takes care of the mill for as long as he lives.
(c) That Tom finds some other business to go into that is not as heartbreaking.
(d) That Tom takes care of his mother and sister as long as he lives.

3. Why does Mr. Wakem ask Mr. Tulliver to run the mill?
(a) It humiliatez him to work for Mr. Wakem.
(b) It givez Philip a chance to get to know Maggie again.
(c) It helpz him to get back on his feet again.
(d) It is a way for Mr. Wakem to help the Tullivers.

4. Why does Mrs. Glegg decide to let Mr. Tulliver keep the money a while longer?
(a) She is getting a good rate of interest from him.
(b) She does not really need the money.
(c) She does not want to cause problems for her sister's family.
(d) She regrets fighting with Mr. Tulliver and with Mr. Glegg about money.

5. What is Mr. Tulliver's main regret about his children?
(a) His children do not get along with each other.
(b) His children do not do chores around the house.
(c) His daughter, not his son, is most like him.
(d) His son, not his daughter, is most like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?

2. How does Tom spend his afternoon on the day that he gets home?

3. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?

4. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?

5. What does Tom suggest the aunts and uncles can do to help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mr. Wakem at first reacts with violent opposition to Philip's proposal to marry Maggie, and then he changes his mind. Why do you think that he changes his mind?

2. Is Bob trying to court Maggie when he brings her the gift of books?

3. The title of Book Five, last chapter, Chapter Seven, "A Day of Reckoning," has a double meaning. What is it?

4. Why do you think that Dr. Kenn offers Maggie a job as a governess when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?

5. Why is Mr. Tulliver so shocked not to be able to come up with a plan to come up with the money for his mortgage?

6. Why does Lucy at first think that Stephen and Maggie do not like each other?

7. What does Lucy hope to accomplish by inviting Philip to her house?

8. What do you think horrifies Tom the most about Maggie meeting Philip, the fact that Philip is a hunchback, or that he is the son of Mr. Wakem? Why?

9. Why does Maggie refuse the book that Philip tries to offer her when she runs into him, after the family goes bankrupt?

10. What kind of person is Mrs. Moss?

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