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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Godfrey find out that Wildfire is dead?
(a) Rumor reaches Godfrey while visiting at the Rainbow.
(b) Bryce tells him.
(c) Dunsey finally comes home and confesses.
(d) Godfrey finds Wildfire’s body.

2. What does Dunsey suggest in order for Godfrey to get the money needed to pay his father back?
(a) That Godfrey should use his savings.
(b) That Godfrey should sell his horse, Wildfire.
(c) That Godfrey should marry Nancy Lammeter and use her dowry.
(d) That Godfrey should sell his house.

3. Why does Nancy want her sister Priscilla to wear the same style dress as her?
(a) Because it makes her look better than her older sister.
(b) Because she couldn’t fit any others in her luggage.
(c) Because they were on sale.
(d) Because it makes them look like sisters.

4. What item did William Dane use to frame Silas Marner?
(a) His knife.
(b) His loom.
(c) His coat.
(d) His gun.

5. Why did Silas Marner need to go to the town in the rain while roasting his dinner?
(a) He needed a find twine to set up his loom the next morning.
(b) He was delivering a finished piece from his loom.
(c) He needed a tool to repair his loom.
(d) He wanted to go for a stroll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two people are draining Godfrey of his money through bribes and hush money?

2. Who were the “pallid undersized men” (9) who looked odd next to the “brawny country-folk” (9)?

3. The loss of Wildfire causes Dunsey to turn to what source to get his brother’s money?

4. Who is the one neighbor who seems to have a genuine, though small, positive impact on Silas Marner?

5. How old is Squire Cass when he is described in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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