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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. When Mr. Tulliver wakes up, what does he tell Tom to do about the family's bankruptcy?
(a) Go back to school at all costs.
(b) Try to find a way to save the mill.
(c) Destroy Moss's note and pay Luke what is owed to him.
(d) Get a job working as a schoolmaster.

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

3. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.
(b) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(c) There are recent improvements to the local school.
(d) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.

4. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?
(a) Like a rough, dark, overgrown puppy.
(b) Like a bright, sharp knife blade.
(c) Like a cold, clear shaft of ice.
(d) Like a newly blossomed rose.

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver advise Maggie and Tom not to become too close to Philip?
(a) Because he is a hunchback.
(b) Because he is older than they are.
(c) Because he is Mr. Wakem's son.
(d) Because he does not inherit any property.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel vindicated in his choice to send Tom to study with Mr. Stelling?

2. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?

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

4. Why do Tom and his friend Bob fight?

5. Which of the following character traits does the narrator feel is typical of the people of St. Ogg's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that Tom enjoys taking care of the Stellings' daughter, Laura? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think that Maggie's mother and aunts pull together to help her upon her return from her boat trip with Stephen?

3. Maggie's and Tom's tombstone reads "In death they are not divided." What do you think that is supposed to mean?

4. Why is Mr. Deane, at first, so unwilling to help Tom after Mr. Tulliver's accident?

5. How does Maggie feel about Tom after he pays off the family debts?

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

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

8. Using the descriptions provided by their parents (Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver), compare and contrast the characters of Tom and Maggie.

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

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

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