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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Godfrey Cass when he is brought into the story?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

2. What was cooking in Silas Marner’s cottage when Dunsey went in?
(a) A string of sausages.
(b) A pork stew.
(c) A small piece of pork.
(d) Potatoes and vegetables.

3. How is Dunsey Cass described?
(a) An amicable fellow with a kind face.
(b) A wild young man who had great potential.
(c) A sober-minded, religious young man.
(d) A spiteful, jeering fellow.

4. What does Silas Marner do to calm himself after the first shock of losing his money?
(a) Goes to the authorities.
(b) Begins working on his loom.
(c) Goes to sleep.
(d) Begins planning how to take vengeance on the thief.

5. Where is Silas Marner when Dunsey stole his gold?
(a) 100 yards away coming back from the village.
(b) In the next town over.
(c) At the Rainbow.
(d) At Nancy Lammeter’s house.

6. To what creature is Silas Marner compared in Chapter 2?
(a) A grumpy cow.
(b) A spindly spider.
(c) A spinning insect.
(d) An angry rat.

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

8. What does the landlord first have Silas Marner do after he arrives at the Rainbow?
(a) Get the constable.
(b) Declare who he thinks stole his gold.
(c) Take off his wet coat and sit by the fire.
(d) Tell his whole story with every detail.

9. Who is appointed deputy-constable in the investigation of Silas' stolen gold?
(a) Godfrey Cass.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) Mr. Dowlas.
(d) Mr. Snell, the landlord.

10. William Dane frames Silas Marner for what crime in Lantern Yard?
(a) Arson.
(b) Stealing the church’s money.
(c) Blaspheming God.
(d) Murdering a parishioner.

11. Why does Dunsey knock on Silas Marner’s door loudly?
(a) He thinks Silas Marner is hard of hearing.
(b) He wants to frighten Silas Marner with his sudden arrival.
(c) He is afraid Silas Marner is not home.
(d) He hears something coming behind him.

12. What physical malady afflicted Silas Marner from time to time?
(a) Seizures.
(b) A bad cold.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Arthritis.

13. Who were the “pallid undersized men” (9) who looked odd next to the “brawny country-folk” (9)?
(a) Peddlers.
(b) Weavers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Farmers.

14. How long before the story begins had Silas Marner arrived at Raveloe?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) He had lived there his entire life.

15. How long has Godfrey wooed Nancy Lammeter?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dunsey finds Silas Marner absent from his cottage, what does he decide to do?

2. Why did Silas Marner need to go to the town in the rain while roasting his dinner?

3. What does Godfrey fear in confessing his marriage to Molly Farren to his father?

4. After Sarah left Silas, how long was it before she married William Dane?

5. What happened to Squire Cass’s wife?

(see the answer keys)

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