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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Silas Marner's form of discipline for Eppie work?
(a) Yes. It is an unmitigated success.
(b) No. Eppie ends up going back in on her own.
(c) Mostly, but it hurts Silas Marner’s heart every time he has to do it.
(d) No. Eppie is so scared she runs away again.

2. What does Squire Cass decide regarding Dunsey’s position in his household after he staked Wildfire?
(a) That his son should run his estate.
(b) That his son must be confined to his quarters.
(c) That his son should enlist.
(d) That his son is no longer welcome.

3. Why do Godfrey and Nancy step out during the dance?
(a) Nancy’s dress had suffered a slight accident.
(b) They were “sweethearting”.
(c) They needed to have a serious conversation.
(d) They wanted some time to play cards.

4. What event at parties made Uncle Kimble, the doctor, intense and bitter?
(a) Dancing for hours on end.
(b) Not getting enough rest.
(c) Playing cards and drinking brandy.
(d) Eating fancy foods.

5. What is the weather like as Molly Farren traveled to Raveloe?
(a) It was raining.
(b) It was sunny with high winds.
(c) It was snowing heavily.
(d) It was warm and foggy.

6. Where do the upper class women of Raveloe prepare for the great New Years Eve dance at the Red House?
(a) They prepared at home and arrived ready for the evening.
(b) No preparations were necessary.
(c) They sent their cosmetics and clothing ahead and prepared for the party right at the house.
(d) They dressed up beforehand, and applied makeup after their arrival.

7. Who is Solomon in Chapter 11?
(a) The head butler at the Red House.
(b) Nancy Lammeter’s brother.
(c) The fiddler at the New Year’s Eve party.
(d) An important guest of Squire Cass.

8. Silas Marner sees a blurred vision of a pile of something yellow on his hearth. What does he think it is?
(a) Eppie’s golden hair.
(b) A pile of straw.
(c) Yarn for his loom.
(d) His stolen gold returned to him.

9. What is the one item that stands out as peculiar on Molly Farren’s body?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) Her phial of Opium.
(d) Her wedding ring.

10. Who is the one neighbor who seems to have a genuine, though small, positive impact on Silas Marner?
(a) Mr. Snell.
(b) Dolly Winthrop.
(c) Mr. Macey.
(d) Nancy Lammeter.

11. Who watches Eppie’s life keenly from afar, helping form a distance whenever he can?
(a) Dunsey Cass.
(b) Dolly Winthrop.
(c) Godfrey Cass.
(d) Priscilla Lammeter.

12. What light does Eppie see when she looks from the bosom of her passed out mother into the falling snow?
(a) The light of Silas Marner’s cottage.
(b) The twinkling lights of the Red House.
(c) The last light of the sunset.
(d) Faeries dancing in the forest.

13. What positive effect does the loss of his treasure have on Silas Marner’s relationship with his neighbors?
(a) They came down harder than ever with their criticisms.
(b) Rather than be repulsed and avoidant, they now pitied him.
(c) He began to be viewed as a community leader.
(d) They wrote Silas Marner off as a broken man.

14. Does anyone connect that the disappearance of both Dunsey and Silas Marner’s gold occurred on the same day?
(a) The constable thought so but could not get a warrant.
(b) No one made the connection.
(c) A few people were suspicious.
(d) Squire Cass kept the story hidden.

15. How does Godfrey’s confession conversation with his father go over all?
(a) He chickens out and does not say anything.
(b) He manages to get through part but not all of his confession.
(c) He lies to get what he wants.
(d) He bears his heart and tells all.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Silas restrain two-year-old Eppie from wandering far while he works?

2. Why is Molly Farren traveling so late in the day?

3. When Squire Cass begins pushing Godfrey to propose to Nancy Lammeter, what is Godfrey’s response?

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

5. How does Eppie help bring Silas Marner back into the church?

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