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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 4 | Book 2: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(b) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
(c) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(d) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.

2. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?
(a) She praises his son, Tom.
(b) She offers him a piece of pie.
(c) She reminds him of their childhood together.
(d) She praises his daughter, Maggie.

3. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
(a) She thinks that it leaves a boy's education up to pure luck.
(b) She approves of the individual attention that boys get from these teachers.
(c) She feels that girls should also go to school with independent schoolmasters.
(d) She thinks it is wrong for boys to leave their homes to go to school.

4. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.
(b) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(c) She spills something on her hair.
(d) She is too hot and wants to cool off.

5. How does Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?
(a) She beats up an old wooden doll in the attic.
(b) She goes fishing with Tom.
(c) She gets into some kind of mischief.
(d) She goes swimming in the Floss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?

2. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?

3. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?

4. How does Tom feel about the argument with Philip?

5. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?

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