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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Eppie want to marry?
(a) Dolly Winthrop’s son, Joseph.
(b) Nancy Lammeter’s son, Sebastian.
(c) Dolly Winthrop’s son, Aaron.
(d) Nancy Lammeter’s son, Charles.

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

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

4. How does Silas restrain two-year-old Eppie from wandering far while he works?
(a) By tying her to the leg of his loom.
(b) By keeping her gated in a corner of the room.
(c) By keeping her locked in her room.
(d) By keeping her in the coal-hole.

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

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

7. What color does Eliot use to describe Squire Cass’s anger at hearing the story of Godfrey’s confession?
(a) Blue with rage.
(b) Green with fear.
(c) Red with anger.
(d) Purple with anger.

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

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

10. Which party is the biggest event of the year for the Red House?
(a) The family Christmas party.
(b) They had no big events.
(c) The New Year’s Eve dance.
(d) The Easter gala.

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

12. What is both Godfrey and Squire Cass’s first guess about what happened to Wildfire?
(a) That the animal was not trained.
(b) That the animal was “staked.”
(c) That the animal was sick.
(d) That the animal broke its knees.

13. What part of his confession does Godfrey fail to communicate to his father?
(a) That he is already married to the drunken Molly Farren.
(b) That he stole Silas Marner’s gold.
(c) That he is not in love with Nancy lammeter.
(d) That his horse, Wildfire, was “staked.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eppie ask Silas Marner if they could build outside of their house?

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

3. Though Dolly’s visit seems to go better than others, why is Silas happy when she leaves?

4. How much time passes between the end of Part 1 and the beginning of Part 2?

5. Most of Silas Marner’s neighbors have what kind of tone with him when they visit him after his loss?

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