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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is both Godfrey and Squire Cass’s first guess about what happened to Wildfire?
(a) That the animal broke its knees.
(b) That the animal was “staked.”
(c) That the animal was not trained.
(d) That the animal was sick.

2. What does Silas Marner decide to do with the child he has found?
(a) Keep her and raise her himself.
(b) Take her to an orphanage in a nearby town.
(c) Bring her to the parish.
(d) Give her to Mrs. Kimble.

3. Does Silas Marner want to punish the thief who stole his gold?
(a) Yes, he wants to see justice served.
(b) No, he just wants his money back.
(c) No, he wants to find them and forgive them.
(d) Yes, but getting his gold back is his main priority.

4. 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 stealing it from Silas Marner.
(b) By selling his mother’s diamond pin.
(c) By selling his father’s horse, Snow Mane.
(d) By earning it through trade and merchant enterprises.

5. What is Silas Marner’s attitude towards his gold after it is re-discovered?
(a) He does not care for it much, and sees it as a sad link to his life before Eppie.
(b) He rejects it as a sinful thing to possess.
(c) He is still obsessed and revels in his hoarded wealth once again.
(d) He slips right back into his old ways, hiding it in the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bryce know that Dunsey wants to sell Wildfire?

2. Silas Marner sees a blurred vision of a pile of something yellow on his hearth. What does he think it is?

3. What holiday came shortly after Dolly Winthrop’s visit?

4. Where does Silas Marner decide to go once he has his money once again and can afford the trip?

5. Chapter 11 follows which two characters as they prepare for the New Year’s Eve party?

(see the answer key)

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