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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. Mr. Tulliver wakes up briefly to talk to Tom when Tom arrives home from Lorton. But what happens to him after that?
(a) He has a premonition that he is going to die soon.
(b) He realizes that he is paralyzed from the waist down.
(c) He lapses back into a coma.
(d) He is fully restored to his senses.

2. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?
(a) She offers to buy some of the dishes and linens.
(b) She offers to let the family come and live with her.
(c) She asks what she can do to help make her brother more comfortable.
(d) She tells the family that her family owes Mr. Tulliver three hundred pounds.

3. What member of Maggie's family indulges her the most?
(a) Her brother, Tom.
(b) Her father, Mr. Tulliver.
(c) Her aunt, Mrs. Glegg.
(d) Her mother, Mrs. Tulliver.

4. What does Tom say when Maggie offers to teach him about bookkeeping?
(a) He says that he is happy for her to teach him.
(b) He says that women are not supposed to teach men anything.
(c) He says that she always tries to set herself up above everyone else.
(d) He says that she cannot teach him because she does not know how to do anything.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom react to his father's accident?

2. What do the Tullivers think of their daughter, Maggie?

3. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?

4. What does the narrator say is the prime moral value of the Dodsons?

5. Who is Mr. Tulliver planning to send away to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver get along very well? Why or why not?

2. How does Maggie feel about Philip when she finally sees him again at her cousin Lucy's house?

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

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

5. Why are Maggie and Philip a good match for each other?

6. 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?

7. 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.

8. How does Mrs. Moss cause Mr. Tulliver to soften and become milder in his feelings toward her family?

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

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

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