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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Chapter 1 | Book 5: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?
(a) Her daily walk.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The company of friends.
(d) Fresh fruit.

2. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?
(a) To persuade him not to buy the mill.
(b) To support him as he takes on the running of the mill.
(c) To ask him to help the family.
(d) To convince him to give Tom a job.

3. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?
(a) Like a cold, clear shaft of ice.
(b) Like a newly blossomed rose.
(c) Like a rough, dark, overgrown puppy.
(d) Like a bright, sharp knife blade.

4. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?
(a) Mr. Tulliver needs Tom to testify in the lawsuit.
(b) Mr. Tulliver becomes a farmer and needs Tom to work on the farm.
(c) Mr. Tulliver loses the lawsuit and has to give up all his property.
(d) Mr. Tulliver wants Tom to return home in order to run the mill.

5. Which part of the news about the family finances shocks Mr. Tulliver the most when he first regains his senses after the accident?
(a) The realization that he cannot pay back his debts.
(b) The realization that he is bankrupt.
(c) The realization that he cannot afford to keep Tom in school.
(d) The realization that most of his goods are sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tulliver agree to run the mill, even though Mr. Wakem now owns it ?

2. What do the aunts and uncles think of Tom, now that he grows up?

3. Who is the one person Mr. Tulliver recognizes after his fall from the horse?

4. Why has Philip come to see Maggie?

5. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?

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