The Mill on the Floss Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Mill on the Floss Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Chapter 7 | Book 6: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Tom spend his afternoon on the day that he gets home?
(a) Playing with Maggie.
(b) Fishing with his friend Bob.
(c) Talking with his parents about school.
(d) Whittling sticks and talking to Luke.

4. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?
(a) He is upset because Maggie wants to go to school as well.
(b) He is upset because Tom is not doing so well in his studies.
(c) He is upset about a farmer using the river to irrigate his crops.
(d) He is upset because he is not getting along well with Mrs. Tulliver.

5. What does the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Paganism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?

2. Why does Mrs. Tulliver not want Maggie to do any work that is hard on her hands?

3. What character trait explains why Tom and Maggie won't take Bob's money?

4. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?

5. What moment in the book does the narrator say is the most delicious of Tom's life?

(see the answer key)

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