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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Dunsey have with him while he walks back from the hunt towards Silas Marner’s cottage?
(a) Godfrey’s stirrups.
(b) Godfrey’s riding whip.
(c) Dunsey’s saddle.
(d) Squire Cass’s overcoat.

2. What does Godfrey decide to do while waiting for Dunsey to sell Wildfire?
(a) Go to see a play.
(b) Visit Nancy Lammeter.
(c) Get some sleep.
(d) Go to the Rainbow.

3. What two people are draining Godfrey of his money through bribes and hush money?
(a) Squire Cass and Dunsey.
(b) Molly Farren and Squire Cass.
(c) Dunsey and Sarah of Lantern Yard.
(d) Dunsey and Molly Farren.

4. What does the landlord first have Silas Marner do after he arrives at the Rainbow?
(a) Declare who he thinks stole his gold.
(b) Take off his wet coat and sit by the fire.
(c) Get the constable.
(d) Tell his whole story with every detail.

5. How is Dunsey Cass described?
(a) A sober-minded, religious young man.
(b) An amicable fellow with a kind face.
(c) A wild young man who had great potential.
(d) A spiteful, jeering fellow.

6. Where is Silas Marner when Dunsey stole his gold?
(a) At Nancy Lammeter’s house.
(b) In the next town over.
(c) At the Rainbow.
(d) 100 yards away coming back from the village.

7. Which pieces of money does Silas use to take care of his needs?
(a) The guineas.
(b) The shillings and sixpences.
(c) The crowns.
(d) The half-crowns.

8. Who do Godfrey and Dunsey decide should sell Wildfire?
(a) Squire Cass.
(b) Godfrey.
(c) Dunsey.
(d) William Dane.

9. How does Dunsey initially want to get Silas Marner’s money?
(a) By making friends with the weaver.
(b) By scaring the weaver into lending it to him.
(c) By stealing it.
(d) By killing Silas Marner.

10. Who is Godfrey Cass in love with?
(a) Molly Farren.
(b) Nancy Lammeter.
(c) Sarah of Lantern Yard.
(d) Molly Pitcher.

11. How long is Dunsey in Silas Marner’s cottage looking for the gold?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

12. Who was William Dane?
(a) Silas Marner’s grandfather.
(b) Silas Marner’s best friend.
(c) Silas Marner’s brother.
(d) Silas Marner’s father.

13. What does Silas appear to look like when he arrives at the Rainbow after his gold is stolen?
(a) An apparition.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A zombie.
(d) A woman.

14. Who gave Silas Marner the pork he is roasting when his gold is stolen?
(a) Miss Priscilla Lammeter.
(b) Squire Cass.
(c) Dolly Winthrop.
(d) Miss Nancy Lammeter.

15. What does Godfrey hope to gain by marrying Nancy Lammeter?
(a) A dose of warmth and pleasantness into the cold nature of his life.
(b) A large dowry.
(c) A lifelong friendship.
(d) A large family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, is it thought, owned the tinder-box found near Silas Marner's cottage?

2. To what creature is Silas Marner compared in Chapter 2?

3. After Sarah left Silas, how long was it before she married William Dane?

4. Why did Silas Marner need to go to the town in the rain while roasting his dinner?

5. How does the evening’s conversation at the Rainbow begin?

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