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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Silas Marner and Eppie find Molly Farren’s body, what does Silas do?
(a) He leaves the body for others to deal with.
(b) He returns to his cottage to take Eppie away from the sight.
(c) He buries Molly’s remains.
(d) He takes Eppie to the Red House looking for a doctor.

2. What does Godfrey Cass see by the doors that astonishes him?
(a) A feast worthy of a king.
(b) Silas Marner holding his daughter.
(c) All the gold in Scotland.
(d) Nancy Lammeter’s beauty.

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

4. When Godfrey follows Doctor Kimble and Silas Marner, what item of clothing does he forget he is wearing out into the snow?
(a) His slippers.
(b) His best hat.
(c) His thin shoes.
(d) His dress clothes.

5. What is Godfrey’s main thought as he travels to see Molly Farren’s body?
(a) Perhaps it is not my wife. It must not be her.
(b) I’m sorry to miss such a wonderful party.
(c) If my wife is dead, I will never forgive myself.
(d) If she is dead, he will be free to marry Nancy.

6. Doctor Kimble, Silas Marner, Dolly Winthrop, and who else go back to investigate Molly Farren’s condition?
(a) Squire Cass.
(b) Nancy Lammeter.
(c) Mr. Crackenthorp.
(d) Godfrey Cass.

7. At the end of Chapter 14 Eppie is again referred to as an angel, this time leading Silas Marner away from what?
(a) The loss of his money.
(b) The best food in town.
(c) The dangers of depression.
(d) The city of destruction.

8. How long does the New Year’s Eve dance last?
(a) One whole night.
(b) An evening of splendid fun.
(c) A lunch and a dinner.
(d) It lasted for days.

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

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

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

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

13. How does Eppie begin to reform Silas Marner’s attitude towards life?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) She helps him rejoin the church.
(c) She brings him back into social life.
(d) She makes his time away from his loom feel like a holiday.

14. What is the name of the Cass estate?
(a) The Red House.
(b) Stoning Yard.
(c) The Rainbow.
(d) Raveloe Manor.

15. What is Molly Farren addicted to?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Opium.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who proves to be a great help to Silas Marner as he figures out how to parent Eppie?

3. At what time of day did Molly Farren leave to make the trip to the Red House?

4. What does Squire Cass decide regarding Dunsey’s position in his household after he staked Wildfire?

5. How does the matter of Silas’ gold being stolen affect the townspeople?

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