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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. Why is Maggie happy to run into Philip?
(a) She wants to tell him just what she thinks of what her father does to her family.
(b) She wants to let him know that she does not blame him for what happens.
(c) She hopes that he brings her some books to read or at least tell her some stories.
(d) She thinks that he may want to talk to her.

2. Why do you think that George Eliot chooses to begin a new book, Book II, with the chapter in which Tom first goes away to school?
(a) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(b) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(c) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(d) Tom has a birthday.

3. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?
(a) He does not like living with Mr. Stelling.
(b) He misses his family at home in St. Ogg's.
(c) He does not like to work and would rather go fishing.
(d) He is not good at learning things like geometry and Latin.

4. How does Tom come up with capital to finance his venture with Bob?
(a) He gets the money from his Uncle Deane.
(b) He saves the money from his work at his job.
(c) He gets the money from his Aunt Glegg.
(d) He asks his father if he can use the money they are slowly saving.

5. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?
(a) She hopes that Mr. Tulliver is happy with his investment in Tom's education.
(b) She is delighted with the schoolwork and learns a lot herself while visiting.
(c) She thinks that Tom's education is useless when he returns to St. Ogg's.
(d) She is horrified by how hard Tom has to work in order to learn anything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?

3. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?

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

5. Why does Mr. Wakem decide to buy the mill?

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