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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. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?
(a) She stops speaking to the Tullivers.
(b) She considers taking the Tulliver children out of her will.
(c) She goes directly to the Tulliver home to speak with Mr. Tulliver in person.
(d) She complains bitterly to her sisters about Mr. Tulliver.

2. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?
(a) He is the son of Tom's father's enemy, Mr. Wakem.
(b) He does not care for fishing.
(c) He already learns most of what Tom is studying.
(d) He is not a pleasant person to spend time with.

3. What surprise does Tom bring back for Maggie from school?
(a) Some marbles.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A new fishing line.

4. 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 most of his goods are sold.
(d) The realization that he cannot pay back his debts.

5. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?
(a) They think that he is not very good looking.
(b) They are unimpressed with his parenting skills.
(c) They do not think that he treats Mrs. Tulliver well.
(d) They think that he is not good at managing money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?

2. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?

3. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?

4. Why do you think that George Eliot chooses to begin a new book, Book II, with the chapter in which Tom first goes away to school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What objection does Tom's Uncle Deane raise to buying the mill, after Tom first asks him to do it? Why does Tom think that it might be possible to buy the mill?

2. 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?

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

4. How does Philip put Tom's mind at ease after the accident?

5. How is Mrs. Tulliver saved from the flood?

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

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

8. Why is Maggie having such a bad day on the day after the aunts and uncles come to dinner?

9. Why is Bob so determined to help Tom?

10. Why doesn't Mrs. Tulliver realize that she is unlikely to convince Mr. Wakem not to buy the mill?

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