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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What kind of party does the Cass family throw on Christmas Day?
(a) A ball for all of the local nobleman.
(b) A family party.
(c) They did not throw a party.
(d) A huge party with the whole town invited.

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

5. What song does Dolly Winthrop have Aaron sing for Silas Marner?
(a) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
(b) Silent Night.
(c) The First Noel.
(d) God save the King.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the one item that stands out as peculiar on Molly Farren’s body?
(a) Her glasses.
(b) Her phial of Opium.
(c) Her wedding ring.
(d) Her coat.

13. 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.

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

15. What topic from Silas Marner’s past do he and Dolly discuss at length?
(a) About the drawing of lots to decide his guilt.
(b) About William Dane’s betrayal.
(c) About his fiancé Sarah.
(d) About the chapel in Lantern Yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is both Godfrey and Squire Cass’s first guess about what happened to Wildfire?

2. What holiday came shortly after Dolly Winthrop’s visit?

3. What time of day does Godfrey choose to finally confess to his father?

4. What is the name of the Cass estate?

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

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