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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Chapter 5 | Book 3: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Maggie shocked to notice after the sale?
(a) Her mother's linens are gone.
(b) Her father is moved.
(c) Bob arrives to offer what little he can.
(d) Even the books are gone.

3. Who is in their home in St. Ogg's when Tom and Maggie arrive from Lorton?
(a) The court bailiff.
(b) The aunts and uncles.
(c) Philip Wakem.
(d) Mr. Poulter.

4. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?
(a) He remembers that the Mosses have a lot of expenses to pay.
(b) He thinks about how he feels in Mr. Moss's position.
(c) He realizes that he doesn't really need the money that badly.
(d) He wants Tom to be generous with Maggie if she ever needs it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Moss do when she arrives?

2. Why is Mr. Deane so skeptical about hiring Tom?

3. How does Tom spend his afternoon on the day that he gets home?

4. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?

5. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?

(see the answer key)

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