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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue does Dolly Winthrop confront Silas Marner regarding?
(a) His ability to care for himself.
(b) His past life in Lantern Yard.
(c) His failure to protect his gold.
(d) His attitude towards attending church.

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

3. What holiday came shortly after Dolly Winthrop’s visit?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Years.

4. Does anyone connect that the disappearance of both Dunsey and Silas Marner’s gold occurred on the same day?
(a) A few people were suspicious.
(b) The constable thought so but could not get a warrant.
(c) No one made the connection.
(d) Squire Cass kept the story hidden.

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

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

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

8. Why does Godfrey owe 100 pounds to his father?
(a) He needed the money to pay off a gambling debt.
(b) He needed to buy a new horse.
(c) He wanted to enlist.
(d) He had collected it from his father’s tenant, Fowler, and then let Dunsey borrow it and then lose it.

9. After Silas Marner and Eppie find Molly Farren’s body, what does Silas do?
(a) He leaves the body for others to deal with.
(b) He buries Molly’s remains.
(c) He returns to his cottage to take Eppie away from the sight.
(d) He takes Eppie to the Red House looking for a doctor.

10. Does Silas Marner's form of discipline for Eppie work?
(a) No. Eppie is so scared she runs away again.
(b) Mostly, but it hurts Silas Marner’s heart every time he has to do it.
(c) No. Eppie ends up going back in on her own.
(d) Yes. It is an unmitigated success.

11. How does Eppie help bring Silas Marner back into the church?
(a) Dolly Winthrop convinces him to bring her to church for her own good.
(b) Eppie fancies the large church building.
(c) Eppie asks Silas Marner to bring her to church.
(d) Silas Marner decides he must show her the faults of the church.

12. What is Squire Cass’s initial reaction to the story of Wildfire and Godfrey’s inability to pay him the 100 pounds?
(a) He hits Godfrey.
(b) He stares in amazement.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) He makes Godfrey pay him back.

13. 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’s scared to lose what came to him, but he sees the wisdom in the request.
(c) He can’t part with the child. It came to him and he has a right to keep it.
(d) He most certainly will surrender the child if it means he won’t have to deal with it.

14. Who is Solomon in Chapter 11?
(a) Nancy Lammeter’s brother.
(b) The head butler at the Red House.
(c) The fiddler at the New Year’s Eve party.
(d) An important guest of Squire Cass.

15. At what time of day did Molly Farren leave to make the trip to the Red House?
(a) Just before sunrise.
(b) Late in the day.
(c) At an early hour.
(d) At noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Godfrey follows Doctor Kimble and Silas Marner, what item of clothing does he forget he is wearing out into the snow?

2. When Silas tells the story of his finding Eppie to his neighbors, what part does he leave out?

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

4. Why does Dolly Winthrop have time to visit Silas Marner regularly?

5. Why is Silas Marner unaware of Eppie’s entrance into his cottage?

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