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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. 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?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Judaism.

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

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) There are recent improvements to the local school.
(c) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(d) The clergyman recently stops taking students.

4. How do Philip and Maggie become close?
(a) Maggie begins to study with Philip.
(b) They go for walks together around the village.
(c) They spend a lot of time together while Tom is recovering.
(d) Maggie and Philip are united in their dislike of swords.

5. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
(a) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(b) She thinks he forgets about her since he is away.
(c) She wants to convince him to take her fishing with him.
(d) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in their home in St. Ogg's when Tom and Maggie arrive from Lorton?

2. To whom does Tom go for advice about getting a job?

3. How does Tom hurt his foot?

4. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?

5. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Why is Mr. Tulliver skeptical about Tom's plan to earn money by trading, in order to pay off the family debts?

4. What do we learn about Tom's character from his response to the aunts and uncles after his father's accident?

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

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

8. How does Tom feel about the family's bankruptcy?

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

10. "Without the beauty, we are apt to call simplicity awkwardness," writes George Eliot in chapter nine. Who is she referring to? Why does she make this comment?

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