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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the holidays Godfrey is anxious about money needed to pay his wife to keep his wife silent. How can he get this money?
(a) By selling his father’s horse, Snow Mane.
(b) By stealing it from Silas Marner.
(c) By selling his mother’s diamond pin.
(d) By earning it through trade and merchant enterprises.

2. What is Silas’ long-term reaction to the loss of his treasure?
(a) He sunk deeper into despair and desolation.
(b) His day-to-day life did not change, so he did not change.
(c) He began to improve slowly and steadily.
(d) He became suicidal.

3. What event at parties made Uncle Kimble, the doctor, intense and bitter?
(a) Playing cards and drinking brandy.
(b) Dancing for hours on end.
(c) Eating fancy foods.
(d) Not getting enough rest.

4. Does anyone connect that the disappearance of both Dunsey and Silas Marner’s gold occurred on the same day?
(a) No one made the connection.
(b) Squire Cass kept the story hidden.
(c) A few people were suspicious.
(d) The constable thought so but could not get a warrant.

5. At what time of day did Molly Farren leave to make the trip to the Red House?
(a) Just before sunrise.
(b) Late in the day.
(c) At an early hour.
(d) At noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dolly Winthrop’s son?

2. What item is discovered near Silas’ cottage that is seen as a clue to the robbery?

3. Who is Solomon in Chapter 11?

4. What was cooking in Silas Marner’s cottage when Dunsey went in?

5. How does Eppie help bring Silas Marner back into the church?

(see the answer key)

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