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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom react, at first, to Maggie's request that she is allowed to see Philip?
(a) He says that she can see Philip if there is a chaperone.
(b) He says that he never allows her to see Philip as long as he lives.
(c) He agrees that she is trusted now.
(d) He says that he has no confidence in anything she says.

2. What does Maggie say to Tom after they leave Philip?
(a) Tom never understands the difference between right and wrong.
(b) Tom always enjoys finding fault and punishing her.
(c) Tom never has a lover of his own.
(d) Tom is no longer her brother.

3. How does Lucy trick Stephen?
(a) She tells him that Maggie has not arrived yet.
(b) She implies that Maggie is blond and blue-eyed.
(c) She makes him think that Maggie takes after Mrs. Tulliver.
(d) She suggests that Maggie is much older than she really is.

4. How do Maggie and Stephen react to their growing interest in each other?
(a) They try to ignore each other and focus on Maggie.
(b) They begin to write each other letters.
(c) They spend as much time together as they can.
(d) They start meeting secretly.

5. When Stephen and Maggie end up in a boat alone together, who is supposed to be there instead of Stephen?
(a) Philip.
(b) Bob.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Tom.

6. Why does the job working for Dr. Kenn become a problem?
(a) Some gossips claim that Maggie is very lazy and does not take care of the children.
(b) Town gossips begin to talk about Maggie having a relationship wtih Dr. Kenn.
(c) People don't think that Maggie is fit to be around children.
(d) People tend to think that Maggie is unreliable.

7. What happens to Bob's house?
(a) It is damaged by wind during a storm.
(b) It is destroyed in a flood.
(c) It burns to the ground.
(d) It is buried by a mudslide.

8. Why does Stephen come to see Maggie at the Mosses?
(a) He wants to apologize for his behavior at the dance.
(b) He feels that he has to see her again no matter what.
(c) He wants to persuade her not to go away again.
(d) He hopes to convince her to return to Lucy's house.

9. What does Maggie say that embarrasses Lucy, during Maggie's first meeting with Lucy and Stephen?
(a) She asks Stephen to bring her a book.
(b) She does not like to receive compliments.
(c) She agrees that she wants to go boating.
(d) She sews because it is a way to earn money.

10. Why does Maggie have nightmares while she sleeps on the boat with Stephen?
(a) She is concerned about all the people who must be worrying about her and Stephen.
(b) She is afraid the boat overturns and she drowns.
(c) She fears that she ruins her life and that of her family members.
(d) She wonders whether anyone realizes that they drift too far down the river accidentally.

11. How does Tom force Maggie to stop seeing Philip?
(a) He sends Maggie away to another town.
(b) He threatens Philip with bodily harm if he sees Maggie again.
(c) He threatens to tell their father if she does not.
(d) He threatens to take away Maggie's books.

12. What action makes Maggie and Stephen particularly conscious of their attraction to each other?
(a) They happen to look each other in the eyes.
(b) They walk around the garden one evening while Lucy is out.
(c) They discover that they agree about politics.
(d) They have a long talk about books and art.

13. Where has Tom wanted Maggie to live as long as she remains unmarried?
(a) With their cousin Lucy.
(b) With friends at St. Ogg's.
(c) With their aunt Pullet.
(d) At home with their mother.

14. The last sentence of Book Six, Chapter 10 notes that Philip is not totally happy with Maggie's answer, and says that jealousy always longs for omniscience. What does the narrator mean by this?
(a) Philip suspects there is some other reason too.
(b) Philip cannot wait for Tom to feel better about the marriage.
(c) Philip is determined to take some kind of action.
(d) Philip believes that Maggie chooses asceticism again.

15. Who frequently visits Tom's and Maggie's grave?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Glegg.
(b) Stephen and Philip.
(c) Bob and his wife.
(d) Dr. Kenn and his children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie tell Lucy is her reason for leaving St. Ogg's and taking another teaching job?

2. Why does Lucy think that Tom changes his mind about Philip Wakem?

3. How does Maggie die at the end of the book?

4. Why is Maggie happy to run into Philip?

5. Why does Lucy say that she rather not be engaged?

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