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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 does Maggie run away to live with the gypsies?
(a) She wants to buy something from the gypsies.
(b) She hopes the gypsies take her along when they leave town.
(c) She is often been told that she is wild like a gypsy.
(d) She wants to visit a friend who is a gypsy.

2. What do the Tullivers think of their daughter, Maggie?
(a) She is smart and mischievous.
(b) She is obedient but foolish.
(c) She is hardworking but dumb.
(d) She is pretty and docile.

3. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?
(a) That Tom takes care of the mill for as long as he lives.
(b) That Tom takes care of his mother and sister as long as he lives.
(c) That Tom finds some other business to go into that is not as heartbreaking.
(d) That Tom exacts some revenge on Wakem, if he has the chance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?

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

3. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?

4. How does Tom react to his father's accident?

5. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Tulliver skeptical about Tom's plan to earn money by trading, in order to pay off the family debts?

2. Why is Mrs. Tulliver so upset when Tom and Maggie arrive at home?

3. Why does Tom try to convince Philip to come and see the sword demonstration?

4. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel that the river's water should not be diverted for purposes of irrigation?

5. Why do you think that Dr. Kenn offers Maggie a job as a governess when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?

6. The day that Tom comes home from school for the first time, what events occur that foreshadow the flood at the end of the book?

7. 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?

8. How does Philip put Tom's mind at ease after the accident?

9. Do you think that the narrator is favorably impressed with the religion of the Dodsons and the Tullivers? Why or why not?

10. Do you think that Tom enjoys taking care of the Stellings' daughter, Laura? Why or why not?

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