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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. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?
(a) She realizes that she has to support her family financially in some way.
(b) She learns that tragedy can befall anyone at any time.
(c) She becomes compassionate, even toward a woman she never likes, Mrs. Stelling.
(d) She puts her own feelings aside in order to comfort Tom.

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

3. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?
(a) He is the son of Tom's father's enemy, Mr. Wakem.
(b) He is not a pleasant person to spend time with.
(c) He does not care for fishing.
(d) He already learns most of what Tom is studying.

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

5. Why is Mr. Deane so skeptical about hiring Tom?
(a) Tom is very clumsy.
(b) Tom is known for his hot temper.
(c) Tom is not very diplomatic.
(d) Tom is only 16 years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Mr. Tulliver wakes up, what does he tell Tom to do about the family's bankruptcy?

3. Why is Maggie not punished for her behavior after running away and coming home again?

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

5. What does Maggie discover when she finds the gypsies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maggie's childhood relationship with Tom.

2. How does Maggie feel about Philip when she finally sees him again at her cousin Lucy's house?

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

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

5. How does Maggie feel when Philip declares his love for her?

6. How do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters react to the actions of the Tulliver children?

7. Why do you think that Book Six ends with the chapter in which Maggie leaves Stephen and returns to St. Ogg's?

8. 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?

9. Why is it hard for Maggie to visit places in the neighborhood that she enjoys as a child, after the family goes bankrupt?

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

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