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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Tulliver not want Maggie to do any work that is hard on her hands?
(a) She worries that Maggie gets the idea of looking for work as a housemaid.
(b) She still hopes for a good marriage for Maggie and wants her hands kept soft.
(c) She thinks of Maggie as her baby because she is the youngest.
(d) She fears that Maggie hurts herself doing hard work.

2. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?
(a) They try to ignore each other and focus on Maggie.
(b) They begin to write each other letters.
(c) They spend as much time together as they can.
(d) They start meeting secretly.

3. What is Maggie's plan for supporting herself when she returns to St. Ogg's?
(a) She plans to get married to someone.
(b) She plans to sew for a living.
(c) She plans to take a teaching job.
(d) She plans to work in the mill.

4. Which of the following statements best foreshadows Maggie's death in the flood?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver's comment, while looking for Maggie as a child, that she drows in the pond someday.
(b) Maggie's boat trip with Stephen Guest.
(c) Maggie's choice to dunk her head in a bucket as a child.
(d) The historical floods that occurs at St. Ogg's.

5. Why does the job working for Dr. Kenn become a problem?
(a) Some gossips claim that Maggie is very lazy and does not take care of the children.
(b) People tend to think that Maggie is unreliable.
(c) Town gossips begin to talk about Maggie having a relationship wtih Dr. Kenn.
(d) People don't think that Maggie is fit to be around children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aunts and uncles think of Tom, now that he grows up?

2. How does Maggie die at the end of the book?

3. How do we know that Tom is a very able employee?

4. Why does Maggie ask Tom to release her from her promise not to see Philip?

5. What do Tom and Maggie both fear when Tom announces to his father that he is able to pay the debts?

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