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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Dolly Winthrop’s son?
(a) Silas.
(b) Aaron.
(c) George.
(d) Doc.

3. Who is with Molly Farren as she travels to the Red House?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her adult son.
(c) Her two-year-old daughter.
(d) Her eight-year-old son.

4. 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 did not talk about it.
(c) It gave them something to talk about.
(d) They were sorrowful for the weaver.

5. 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 past life in Lantern Yard.
(d) His attitude towards attending church.

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

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

8. 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) Yes, but he left part way through the service.
(d) No, he stayed home.

9. 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 the money to pay off a gambling debt.
(d) He needed to buy a new horse.

10. When Mrs. Kimble asks Silas Marner to surrender the child to the women’s care, what is his response?
(a) He can’t part with the child. It came to him and he has a right to keep it.
(b) He most certainly will surrender the child if it means he won’t have to deal with it.
(c) He doesn’t want to give her up, but he doesn’t know what to do with her.
(d) He’s scared to lose what came to him, but he sees the wisdom in the request.

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

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

13. Though Dolly’s visit seems to go better than others, why is Silas happy when she leaves?
(a) Silas Marer is sick of getting advice from others.
(b) She is saying all of the wrong things to comfort him.
(c) He can weave and moan in his pain once again.
(d) He does not like her personality.

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

15. 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 makes his time away from his loom feel like a holiday.
(d) She brings him back into social life.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do Godfrey and Nancy step out during the dance?

5. What is Molly Farren addicted to?

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