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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas Marner decide to do after returning from the village and while waiting for his supper to cook?
(a) Change his wet clothes.
(b) Set up his loom for the next day.
(c) Look at his gold.
(d) Lay down to rest.

2. Chapter 11 follows which two characters as they prepare for the New Year’s Eve party?
(a) Nancy and Priscilla Lammeter.
(b) Silas Marner and Mr. Snell.
(c) Dolly and Aaron Winthrop.
(d) Godfrey and Squire Cass.

3. Who attempts to mediate the conversation at the Rainbow?
(a) Bob, the butcher.
(b) The landlord, Mr. Snell.
(c) Godfrey Cass.
(d) Mr. Macey.

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

5. How much is Wildfire sold for?
(a) 150 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 120 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Squire Cass’s initial reaction to the story of Wildfire and Godfrey’s inability to pay him the 100 pounds?

2. How does Godfrey’s confession conversation with his father go over all?

3. Who does Eppie want to marry?

4. Which party is the biggest event of the year for the Red House?

5. How long before the story begins had Silas Marner arrived at Raveloe?

(see the answer key)

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