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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Mr. Deane so skeptical about hiring Tom?
2. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?
3. Who is in their home in St. Ogg's when Tom and Maggie arrive from Lorton?
4. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?
5. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think that Bob and his wife choose to take Maggie in when she returns from her boat trip with Stephen?
2. 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?
3. Why does Maggie allow Philip to believe that her feelings toward him are unchanged?
4. How is Mrs. Tulliver saved from the flood?
5. What is Stephen Guest looking for in a wife? What qualities does he see in Lucy that appeal to him?
6. Why is Bob so determined to help Tom?
7. How do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters react to the actions of the Tulliver children?
8. Why are the townspeople at St. Ogg's not surprised when the river starts to flood?
9. Do you think that Tom enjoys taking care of the Stellings' daughter, Laura? Why or why not?
10. What does Maggie think of Philip when she first meets him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think that Maggie choses to marry neither Philip Wakem nor Stephen Guest? Explain what Maggie is thinking and why she wants to remain single. Use examples from The Mill on the Floss to support your point of view.
Essay Topic 2
Do you think that Maggie is better off ending up with Philip, with Stephen, or with neither? Defend your perspective. Be sure to include evidence from The Mill on the Floss to support your case.
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper analyzing the plot development in The Mill on the Floss. What do you feel is the climax of the plot? How does Eliot build tension prior to that point? How does she wind the book down after the climax?
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