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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the New Year’s Eve dance last?
(a) An evening of splendid fun.
(b) A lunch and a dinner.
(c) One whole night.
(d) It lasted for days.

2. How does Godfrey feel when his daughter doesn’t recognize him?
(a) Conflicting regret and joy.
(b) Terrible regret for his choices.
(c) Rapturous joy at being free.
(d) Indifference.

3. How does Silas restrain two-year-old Eppie from wandering far while he works?
(a) By keeping her locked in her room.
(b) By keeping her in the coal-hole.
(c) By tying her to the leg of his loom.
(d) By keeping her gated in a corner of the room.

4. Why does Nancy want her sister Priscilla to wear the same style dress as her?
(a) Because it makes her look better than her older sister.
(b) Because it makes them look like sisters.
(c) Because they were on sale.
(d) Because she couldn’t fit any others in her luggage.

5. What is the name of the Cass estate?
(a) Stoning Yard.
(b) The Rainbow.
(c) Raveloe Manor.
(d) The Red House.

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

7. Who is with Molly Farren as she travels to the Red House?
(a) Her adult son.
(b) Her eight-year-old son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her two-year-old daughter.

8. What is Silas’ long-term reaction to the loss of his treasure?
(a) His day-to-day life did not change, so he did not change.
(b) He began to improve slowly and steadily.
(c) He became suicidal.
(d) He sunk deeper into despair and desolation.

9. Chapter 11 follows which two characters as they prepare for the New Year’s Eve party?
(a) Godfrey and Squire Cass.
(b) Nancy and Priscilla Lammeter.
(c) Silas Marner and Mr. Snell.
(d) Dolly and Aaron Winthrop.

10. Who watches Eppie’s life keenly from afar, helping form a distance whenever he can?
(a) Dunsey Cass.
(b) Dolly Winthrop.
(c) Godfrey Cass.
(d) Priscilla Lammeter.

11. What part of the sight of Molly Farren’s dead body stays vivid in Godfrey’s memory?
(a) Her worn and wrinkled hands.
(b) Her emaciated frame.
(c) Her worn, lined face.
(d) Her long black hair.

12. What does Silas Marner decide to do with the child he has found?
(a) Take her to an orphanage in a nearby town.
(b) Bring her to the parish.
(c) Give her to Mrs. Kimble.
(d) Keep her and raise her himself.

13. Why is Silas Marner unaware of Eppie’s entrance into his cottage?
(a) He was having a seizure by the open door.
(b) He was scared of intruders and hiding.
(c) He was sleeping with the door unlocked.
(d) He was gone from his house.

14. What song does Dolly Winthrop have Aaron sing for Silas Marner?
(a) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
(b) God save the King.
(c) Silent Night.
(d) The First Noel.

15. What is Molly Farren addicted to?
(a) Opium.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Mrs. Kimble asks Silas Marner to surrender the child to the women’s care, what is his response?

3. What is the weather like as Molly Farren traveled to Raveloe?

4. Most of Silas Marner’s neighbors have what kind of tone with him when they visit him after his loss?

5. What ethereal creature does Dolly Winthrop compare Eppie to?

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