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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. Why is it hard on Maggie to have her aunts and uncles and cousins come to visit?
(a) Maggie wants to have Tom all to herself.
(b) Her cousin Lucy does not like to play with Maggie.
(c) Her cousin Lucy is much more docile and obedient than Maggie.
(d) Maggie does not like her aunts and uncles and cousins.

2. Who is the one person Mr. Tulliver recognizes after his fall from the horse?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Yap.
(d) Tom.

3. Which part of the news about the family finances shocks Mr. Tulliver the most when he first regains his senses after the accident?
(a) The realization that he is bankrupt.
(b) The realization that he cannot afford to keep Tom in school.
(c) The realization that he cannot pay back his debts.
(d) The realization that most of his goods are sold.

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

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?
(a) So that he becomes a good draftsman of buildings and bridges.
(b) So that he someday becomes an artist.
(c) So that he entertains himself at times when he is bored.
(d) So that he is well-rounded, understanding art as well as math and language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?

2. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?

3. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?

4. What member of Maggie's family indulges her the most?

5. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maggie react when she realizes that she and Steven go too far in the boat?

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

3. How does Maggie feel when Philip declares his love for her?

4. Do you think that Tom has a fairly flexible, tolerant nature, or is he more stubborn and rigid? Explain your answer in terms of Tom's reaction to Lucy's attempts to peacemaker between him and Philip Wakem on Maggie's behalf.

5. What is Stephen Guest looking for in a wife? What qualities does he see in Lucy that appeal to him?

6. How does staying up late and talking to Lucy, during her first evening at Lucy's house, help Maggie to feel better?

7. Why does Maggie not choose to stay with the gypsies once she finds them?

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

9. Why do you think that Philip Wakem is able to forgive Maggie for the boat trip so easily, while many of the townspeople cannot?

10. What does Maggie think of Philip when she first meets him?

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