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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 does Maggie get angry with her aunts and uncles?
(a) They fight over pieces of furniture.
(b) They criticize the dishes and linens.
(c) They do not remember to bring the cousins.
(d) They scold and judge, but do not help.

2. How does Tom hurt his foot?
(a) He cuts it with the sword he borrows from Mr. Poulter.
(b) He falls down a flight of stairs.
(c) He steps on a rusty nail sticking out of an old bridge.
(d) He sprains it fighting with Philip.

3. How do Tom and Philip react when they first meet each other?
(a) They are shy and awkward with each other.
(b) They instantly start talking.
(c) They are instant enemies.
(d) They become friends immediately.

4. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?
(a) She jumps into the pond.
(b) She pushes Lucy into the mud.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She begins to fight with Tom.

5. What do the Tullivers think of their daughter, Maggie?
(a) She is pretty and docile.
(b) She is obedient but foolish.
(c) She is smart and mischievous.
(d) She is hardworking but dumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Philip manage to get Tom excited about learning?

2. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?

3. Why does Philip and Tom's relationship become strained?

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

5. What kind of education does Tom need, if he wants Mr. Deane to help him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think that George Eliot ends Book III with Mr. Tullivan's assertion in the Bible that he wishes Wakem evil?

2. Why is Mrs. Tulliver so upset when Tom and Maggie arrive at home?

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

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

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

6. Why do you think that Tom says he does not trust Maggie when it comes to Philip Wakem? Why does Maggie say that his lack of trust is unfair?

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

8. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel that the river's water should not be diverted for purposes of irrigation?

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

10. What is Philip Wakem's reaction to meeting Tom?

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