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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?
2. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?
3. What kind of a job does Mr. Deane eventually find for Tom?
4. What is Maggie most shocked by when she arrives at home after accompanying Tom home from Lorton?
5. How does Tom hurt his foot?
Short Essay Questions
1. The day that Tom comes home from school for the first time, what events occur that foreshadow the flood at the end of the book?
2. Why doesn't Mrs. Tulliver realize that she is unlikely to convince Mr. Wakem not to buy the mill?
3. Why do you think that George Eliot ends Book III with Mr. Tullivan's assertion in the Bible that he wishes Wakem evil?
4. Why is Maggie having such a bad day on the day after the aunts and uncles come to dinner?
5. Why does Lucy at first think that Stephen and Maggie do not like each other?
6. Is Bob trying to court Maggie when he brings her the gift of books?
7. Why are Stephen and Maggie so sure that they should not marry?
8. Do you think that Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver get along very well? Why or why not?
9. Maggie's and Tom's tombstone reads "In death they are not divided." What do you think that is supposed to mean?
10. How does Mr. Tulliver react when Mrs. Tulliver tells him that Mrs. Pullet plans to intervene on his behalf with her sister, Mrs. Glegg?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who do you think is more forgiving, Maggie or Tom? Support your answer with details from The Mill on the Floss.
Essay Topic 2
When Maggie is a child, the adults around her worry about her future. Why do they worry so much about her? What is their main concern? Support your answer with details from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the motif of flooding in the novel. How do the early references to flooding foreshadow the flood at the end of the book? Do the references to floods refer to something other than physical floods? Is there a connection between flooding in The Mill on the Floss and the emotional transformations of the characters from the start of the book to the end? Why or why not? Support your answer with details from the book.
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