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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action makes Maggie and Stephen particularly conscious of their attraction to each other?

2. How does Mr. Tulliver look when he goes to meet his creditors and pay them?

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

4. What idea occurs to Stephen once he is alone in the boat with Maggie?

5. Why does Lucy say that she rather not be engaged?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The reader first glimpses the narrator in Chapter One, when the narrator uses the word "I" and talks about having dozed off dreaming about the mill and about the afternoon when the Tullivers have their discussion (the discussion that is then related in Chapter Two). Who do you think the narrator is? Why does the narrator choose to tell this story?

Essay Topic 2

Siblings often do not get along. In your opinion, is the relationship between Maggie and Tom typical of siblings, or do they have a stormier relationship than most? Analyze Maggie and Tom's relationship, arguing that it is or is not typical.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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