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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?
(a) They think that he is not good at managing money.
(b) They do not think that he treats Mrs. Tulliver well.
(c) They think that he is not very good looking.
(d) They are unimpressed with his parenting skills.

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) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(b) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(c) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(d) Tom has a birthday.

3. What kind of education does Tom need, if he wants Mr. Deane to help him?
(a) Bookkeeping.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Banking.
(d) Management.

4. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?
(a) Send him to the village school.
(b) Send him to study with a parson.
(c) Send him to study with a lawyer.
(d) Send him to boarding school.

5. What does Tom suggest the aunts and uncles can do to help?
(a) Offer a job to him and to Maggie, so they can support their parents.
(b) Provide a home for the family to go to after the property is sold.
(c) Help him to finish his education and Maggie to finish hers.
(d) Give money to him and Maggie right away, instead of leaving it to them in their wills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Tulliver advise Maggie and Tom not to become too close to Philip?

2. Why does Mrs. Glegg decide to let Mr. Tulliver keep the money a while longer?

3. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?

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

5. How does Mrs. Tulliver hope that her sisters help the family recover from bankruptcy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that Tom has a fairly flexible, tolerant nature, or is he more stubborn and rigid? Explain your answer in terms of Tom's reaction to Lucy's attempts to peacemaker between him and Philip Wakem on Maggie's behalf.

2. The title of Book Five, last chapter, Chapter Seven, "A Day of Reckoning," has a double meaning. What is it?

3. How does Maggie feel about Tom after he pays off the family debts?

4. Why is Mr. Tulliver so shocked not to be able to come up with a plan to come up with the money for his mortgage?

5. What objection does Tom's Uncle Deane raise to buying the mill, after Tom first asks him to do it? Why does Tom think that it might be possible to buy the mill?

6. Mr. Wakem at first reacts with violent opposition to Philip's proposal to marry Maggie, and then he changes his mind. Why do you think that he changes his mind?

7. Why does Maggie not choose to stay with the gypsies once she finds them?

8. What does Maggie think of Philip when she first meets him?

9. What conclusions do you draw about gender roles in the village of St. Ogg's based on Mr. Tulliver's conversation with Mr. Riley?

10. Why do you think that Tom says he does not trust Maggie when it comes to Philip Wakem? Why does Maggie say that his lack of trust is unfair?

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