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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much time passes between the end of Part 1 and the beginning of Part 2?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 16 months.
(c) 16years.
(d) 10 years.

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

4. What part of the sight of Molly Farren’s dead body stays vivid in Godfrey’s memory?
(a) Her long black hair.
(b) Her emaciated frame.
(c) Her worn and wrinkled hands.
(d) Her worn, lined face.

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

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

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

8. Who proves to be a great help to Silas Marner as he figures out how to parent Eppie?
(a) Nancy Lammeter.
(b) Godfrey Cass.
(c) Squire Cass.
(d) Dolly Winthrop.

9. Why does Nancy want her sister Priscilla to wear the same style dress as her?
(a) Because they were on sale.
(b) Because it makes them look like sisters.
(c) Because it makes her look better than her older sister.
(d) Because she couldn’t fit any others in her luggage.

10. 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) Eppie fancies the large church building.
(c) Eppie asks Silas Marner to bring her to church.
(d) Silas Marner decides he must show her the faults of the church.

11. At what time of day did Molly Farren leave to make the trip to the Red House?
(a) Late in the day.
(b) At an early hour.
(c) Just before sunrise.
(d) At noon.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Godfrey feel when his daughter doesn’t recognize him?

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

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

4. When Silas tells the story of his finding Eppie to his neighbors, what part does he leave out?

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

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