Silas Marner: Ch.1: A Man Called Silas

Silas Marner lives

• alone

• with his family

• with his girlfriend

• with his children

Why do people stay away from Silas?

• They think he works too much

• They think he eats to much

• They think he is strange

• He plays tricks on people

Silas

• has no money

• was once a happy man

• is a thief

• has never gone to church

Silas was hurt and scared when

• his girl left him

• he ran out of work

• he could not find his gold

• people called him a thief

Silas believed he would be better off if he

• had a family

• left town

• could get his girl back

• stopped working

How does Silas get his money

• He weaves thread into cloth

• He weaves baskets for al living

• He finds gold

• He's a thief, he takes from others

People only come to see Silas when

• they need a good laugh

• they need money

• they need cloth

• they want to have fun

The people of Raveloe got angry with Silas. They believed

• he turned their water brown

• he hurt their children

• he would not help their children get well

• he told them too many stories

Another name for this story could be

• "The Man with No Friends"

• "Mr. Money Bags"

• "A Christmas Surprise"

• "Angry Words"

This story is mainly about

• a man who has no money

• a man who has no friends

• a man who does not like children

• a strange people of Raveloe