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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eppie ask Silas Marner if they could build outside of their house?
(a) A path to the Stone-pits.
(b) A garden.
(c) A shed.
(d) A gazebo.

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

4. What does Silas Marner decide to do with the child he has found?
(a) Keep her and raise her himself.
(b) Give her to Mrs. Kimble.
(c) Take her to an orphanage in a nearby town.
(d) Bring her to the parish.

5. What holiday came shortly after Dolly Winthrop’s visit?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Years.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

6. What is Silas’ long-term reaction to the loss of his treasure?
(a) He became suicidal.
(b) His day-to-day life did not change, so he did not change.
(c) He sunk deeper into despair and desolation.
(d) He began to improve slowly and steadily.

7. When Silas tells the story of his finding Eppie to his neighbors, what part does he leave out?
(a) The part about going to get the doctor.
(b) The part about Molly Farren’s death.
(c) The part about finding Eppie by the hearth.
(d) The seizure he had had by the open door.

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

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

10. Why was Squire Cass’s opinion never “disturbed by comparison” (84)?
(a) Because he was so old, he was set in his ways for life.
(b) Because he was afraid of being found wrong.
(c) Because he did not listen to other opinions in the first place.
(d) Because he did not associate with other nobility higher than his own station.

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

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

13. Why does Dolly Winthrop have time to visit Silas Marner regularly?
(a) Because she was lazy.
(b) Because she rose at 4:30 every morning and got her chores done early and had time to spare.
(c) Because she was unemployed.
(d) Because she was in love with Silas Marner and made the time.

14. How does Godfrey feel when his daughter doesn’t recognize him?
(a) Rapturous joy at being free.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Terrible regret for his choices.
(d) Conflicting regret and joy.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the Cass estate?

3. Who watches Eppie’s life keenly from afar, helping form a distance whenever he can?

4. What is the one story genuinely considered by the town to explain the robbery of the gold?

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

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