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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dolly Winthrop’s son?
(a) Aaron.
(b) George.
(c) Doc.
(d) Silas.

2. When Mrs. Kimble asks Silas Marner to surrender the child to the women’s care, what is his response?
(a) He doesn’t want to give her up, but he doesn’t know what to do with her.
(b) He most certainly will surrender the child if it means he won’t have to deal with it.
(c) He’s scared to lose what came to him, but he sees the wisdom in the request.
(d) He can’t part with the child. It came to him and he has a right to keep it.

3. What color does Eliot use to describe Squire Cass’s anger at hearing the story of Godfrey’s confession?
(a) Green with fear.
(b) Red with anger.
(c) Purple with anger.
(d) Blue with rage.

4. Doctor Kimble, Silas Marner, Dolly Winthrop, and who else go back to investigate Molly Farren’s condition?
(a) Godfrey Cass.
(b) Nancy Lammeter.
(c) Mr. Crackenthorp.
(d) Squire Cass.

5. What physical malady afflicted Silas Marner from time to time?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) A bad cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes between the end of Part 1 and the beginning of Part 2?

2. Where does Silas Marner go to get help after his gold is stolen?

3. What topic from Silas Marner’s past do he and Dolly discuss at length?

4. Why was Squire Cass’s opinion never “disturbed by comparison” (84)?

5. What does Godfrey Cass see by the doors that astonishes him?

(see the answer key)

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