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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Molly Farren?
(a) Godfrey Cass’s drunken wife.
(b) Godfrey Cass’s violent sister.
(c) Dunsey’s bitter wife.
(d) Squire Cass’s deceased wife.

5. What is Godfrey’s main thought as he travels to see Molly Farren’s body?
(a) I’m sorry to miss such a wonderful party.
(b) If my wife is dead, I will never forgive myself.
(c) If she is dead, he will be free to marry Nancy.
(d) Perhaps it is not my wife. It must not be her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Solomon in Chapter 11?

2. What part of the sight of Molly Farren’s dead body stays vivid in Godfrey’s memory?

3. What is the name of the Cass estate?

4. Why is Silas Marner unaware of Eppie’s entrance into his cottage?

5. Doctor Kimble, Silas Marner, Dolly Winthrop, and who else go back to investigate Molly Farren’s condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What profession is the Kimble family famous for, and why will that end soon?

2. Why is the connection between Eppie’s hair and Marner’s lost gold significant?

3. Why is it guessed that Godfrey and Nancy are “sweethearting” when they step out of the dance?

4. How does Silas attempt to keep track of Eppie while he works?

5. How do the visits of his neighbors fail to help Silas Marner?

6. What does Eppie express a desire for as they leave the church? How does this reflect Eppie’s life with Silas Marner?

7. How does having Eppie affect Silas Marner’s attitude towards church?

8. Why is the New Year’s Eve dance more important than the Christmas Day party at the Red House?

9. What is the scene like as the women prepare themselves before the festivities of the great New Year’s Eve dance at the Red House?

10. What does Squire Cass mean when he tells Godfrey to “turn over a new leaf”?

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