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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. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?
2. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
3. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
4. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?
5. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maggie feel about Tom after he pays off the family debts?
2. Why does Maggie not choose to stay with the gypsies once she finds them?
3. Why do you think that Bob and his wife choose to take Maggie in when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?
4. How does Maggie feel when Philip declares his love for her?
5. What does Lucy hope to accomplish by inviting Philip to her house?
6. What is Stephen Guest looking for in a wife? What qualities does he see in Lucy that appeal to him?
7. Why is Mr. Tulliver so shocked not to be able to come up with a plan to come up with the money for his mortgage?
8. Explain why Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver quarrel during the Dodson sisters' first visit to the Tullivers.
9. Why do you think that Book Six ends with the chapter in which Maggie leaves Stephen and returns to St. Ogg's?
10. What is Philip Wakem's reaction to meeting Tom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think is George Eliot's purpose in writing The Mill on the Floss? Support your answer with evidence from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think the family members in The Mill on the Floss criticize each other so much? Is their criticism a way of hiding an underlying affection? Or is the criticism more sincere? Take a position on this point and defend it using examples from The Mill on the Floss.
Essay Topic 3
Research the legal issues that are raised during The Mill on the Floss. Then analyze Mr. Tulliver's legal problems. In your opinion, is Mr. Tulliver in the right? Why or why not? Use evidence from the book and from your own research to support your view.
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