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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What curious habit has Silas Marner reluctantly taken up because it is “good for the fits” (171)?
(a) Smoking a pipe.
(b) Eating more red meat.
(c) Going for a job every day.
(d) Gardening.

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

4. What is Molly Farren going to do when she gets to the Red House?
(a) Violently attack Godfrey for his lack of attentions to her.
(b) Spend some much needed time with her husband.
(c) Reveal herself to as Godfrey’s wife to her father-in-law, Squire Cass.
(d) Join in the New Year’s Eve dance.

5. How does Eppie help bring Silas Marner back into the church?
(a) Dolly Winthrop convinces him to bring her to church for her own good.
(b) Silas Marner decides he must show her the faults of the church.
(c) Eppie fancies the large church building.
(d) Eppie asks Silas Marner to bring her to church.

6. How does the matter of Silas’ gold being stolen affect the townspeople?
(a) They were sorrowful for the weaver.
(b) They were afraid to talk, as it might upset the spirits that stole the gold.
(c) It gave them something to talk about.
(d) They did not talk about it.

7. Why is Silas Marner unaware of Eppie’s entrance into his cottage?
(a) He was scared of intruders and hiding.
(b) He was sleeping with the door unlocked.
(c) He was gone from his house.
(d) He was having a seizure by the open door.

8. Why is Dunsey Cass’s absence after he kills Wildfire not a matter of concern or discussion?
(a) Nobody knew who Dunsey even was.
(b) The matter was kept deadly secret.
(c) He returned just a few days later.
(d) He had once argued with his father and left for six weeks before returning.

9. How old is Squire Cass when he is described in Chapter 9?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 80 years old.
(c) 60 years old.
(d) 75 years old.

10. Why does Godfrey owe 100 pounds to his father?
(a) He needed to buy a new horse.
(b) He needed the money to pay off a gambling debt.
(c) He had collected it from his father’s tenant, Fowler, and then let Dunsey borrow it and then lose it.
(d) He wanted to enlist.

11. What ethereal creature does Dolly Winthrop compare Eppie to?
(a) A Goddess.
(b) Pixies.
(c) Faeries.
(d) Angels.

12. Does Silas Marner attend the Christmas service to which Dolly invited him?
(a) No, but he attended chapel elsewhere.
(b) Yes, he attended the whole service but left right afterwards.
(c) No, he stayed home.
(d) Yes, but he left part way through the service.

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

14. What issue does Dolly Winthrop confront Silas Marner regarding?
(a) His ability to care for himself.
(b) His past life in Lantern Yard.
(c) His attitude towards attending church.
(d) His failure to protect his gold.

15. When Squire Cass begins pushing Godfrey to propose to Nancy Lammeter, what is Godfrey’s response?
(a) He leaves in a huff.
(b) He gets cold and clammy.
(c) He storms out of the room in a rage.
(d) He gets hot and uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does Godfrey choose to finally confess to his father?

2. When Mrs. Kimble asks Silas Marner to surrender the child to the women’s care, what is his response?

3. What is Godfrey’s main thought as he travels to see Molly Farren’s body?

4. What does Godfrey Cass see by the doors that astonishes him?

5. What form of discipline does Silas Marner try to use on Eppie when she wanders off without his knowing?

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