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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henchard buy for Elizabeth?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A goldfinch.
(c) A new dress.
(d) Books.

2. What misunderstood rumor reaches Henchard that makes him angry?
(a) Farfrae vows to leave town if Henchard becomes mayor.
(b) Farfrae puts a stop to opening a seed store for Henchard.
(c) Farfrae mistreats Lucetta.
(d) Farfrae persuades the councilmen not to elect Henchard.

3. Henchard confesses his past marriage with Susan to Farfrae. What additional surprise does Henchard confess to Farfrae?
(a) Henchard secretly drinks.
(b) Henchard knows the wheat is bad when he sells it.
(c) A Jersey woman is blackmailing him about his past.
(d) Henchard is having an affair with a woman from Jersey.

4. What are the councilmen and Farfrae's plans for Henchard?
(a) To re-appoint him mayor.
(b) To give back his old business.
(c) To make him a councilman.
(d) To rent out a seed store for Henchard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Scotchman do to get the mayor's attention?

2. What surprises Elizabeth when she goes to see Henchard?

3. In chapter 42, what seems to worry Michael the most?

4. What age is Elizabeth Jane when she and her mother search for Michael Henchard?

5. How does Henchard almost reveal to Elizabeth she is his daughter?

(see the answer key)

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