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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. During the holidays Godfrey is anxious about money needed to pay his wife to keep his wife silent. How can he get this money?
(a) By stealing it from Silas Marner.
(b) By selling his mother’s diamond pin.
(c) By selling his father’s horse, Snow Mane.
(d) By earning it through trade and merchant enterprises.

2. 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 her look better than her older sister.
(c) Because she couldn’t fit any others in her luggage.
(d) Because it makes them look like sisters.

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

4. When Godfrey follows Doctor Kimble and Silas Marner, what item of clothing does he forget he is wearing out into the snow?
(a) His dress clothes.
(b) His slippers.
(c) His thin shoes.
(d) His best hat.

5. 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) A huge party with the whole town invited.
(d) They did not throw a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches Eppie’s life keenly from afar, helping form a distance whenever he can?

2. Does Silas Marner's form of discipline for Eppie work?

3. What positive effect does the loss of his treasure have on Silas Marner’s relationship with his neighbors?

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

5. How does Silas restrain two-year-old Eppie from wandering far while he works?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Godfrey meet his father after breakfast?

3. What happens to Molly Farren and her child on the way to the dance at the Red House?

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

5. When Silas Marner claims Eppie, what is the reaction of those at the party?

6. Does Nancy actually want to step out of the dance with Godfrey? Why or why not?

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

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

9. How does the conversation of the townsfolk differ from the feelings of Silas Marner regarding his stolen treasure?

10. What was Silas Marner doing when Eppie entered his cottage?

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