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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Susan and Elizabeth pay for their lodgings, despite their little income?
(a) Elizabeth works for the landlady to discount the price.
(b) Susan and her daughter work the kitchen for each night's stay.
(c) Farfrae lends them a loan.
(d) The nice landlady gives the tired strangers a break.

2. What surprises Henchard the most about Farfrae?
(a) The Scotchman wants a third of his business if he is to be hired.
(b) That a stranger is willing to help without pay.
(c) That the Scotchman is willing to correct the wheat problem for free.
(d) That Farfrae is going to America to harvest wheat.

3. Weydon Priors can be described as ...
(a) A plain farmtown.
(b) The next big thing.
(c) A ghost town.
(d) A bustling city.

4. Where does Susan and her daughter first see Michael Henchard?
(a) At the King's Arms.
(b) Just outside the King's Arms looking in.
(c) At the Three Mariners.
(d) At a local bakery.

5. What do the people of Casterbridge know of the mayor's past wife?
(a) They believe she dies at sea.
(b) They know nothing.
(c) They don't think the mayor is ever married since he comes to Casterbridge alone.
(d) She leaves him for another man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susan know Michael Henchard is in Casterbridge?

2. How do you describe Henchard's disposition towards strangers?

3. What surprising feature does Elizabeth and Susan notice about the glasses in front of the mayor?

4. What is the relationship like between Susan and Michael?

5. How are Susan and Elizabeth-Jane evident strangers in Casterbridge?

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