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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets Squire Cass apart from the other landowners in Raveloe?
(a) He is a lord.
(b) He ownes the town.
(c) He has tenants.
(d) He is the head of a newly wealthy family.

2. What does Godfrey decide to do while waiting for Dunsey to sell Wildfire?
(a) Visit Nancy Lammeter.
(b) Go to the Rainbow.
(c) Get some sleep.
(d) Go to see a play.

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

4. How long is Dunsey in Silas Marner’s cottage looking for the gold?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 2 minutes.

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

6. What does Dunsey do after selling Wildfire?
(a) Goes on the hunt.
(b) Goes home.
(c) Goes to Bryce’s estate to finish the sale of the horse.
(d) Waits for the hunt to end so he can finish the transaction with Bryce.

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

8. Where does Silas Marner hide his gold?
(a) In the attic.
(b) Buried under a tree.
(c) Under his floor.
(d) In the coal box.

9. What other option does Godfrey see besides confessing to his father?
(a) A life spent in fear.
(b) Enlisting as a soldier.
(c) Moving away.
(d) Bankruptcy.

10. Who do Godfrey and Dunsey decide should sell Wildfire?
(a) Dunsey.
(b) Squire Cass.
(c) William Dane.
(d) Godfrey.

11. How does Dunsey initially want to get Silas Marner’s money?
(a) By killing Silas Marner.
(b) By scaring the weaver into lending it to him.
(c) By stealing it.
(d) By making friends with the weaver.

12. What does Dunsey mean by “I’m always lucky in my weather” (39)?
(a) He gets luck from all sorts of weather.
(b) He believes that the weather will cooperate for him.
(c) His luck comes from the weather.
(d) He enjoys weather more than most people.

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

14. What item does Dunsey have with him while he walks back from the hunt towards Silas Marner’s cottage?
(a) Godfrey’s riding whip.
(b) Dunsey’s saddle.
(c) Squire Cass’s overcoat.
(d) Godfrey’s stirrups.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was William Dane?

2. What does Silas Marner do to calm himself after the first shock of losing his money?

3. Dunsey blackmails his brother with what information in Chapter 3?

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

5. What does Dunsey think of as he passes Silas Marner’s cottage in Chapter 4?

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