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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does William adapt to life as a husband and father of three children?
(a) He revels in his life as a father and husband.
(b) He is the happiest he has ever been.
(c) He loves the large family and wishes for more children.
(d) It wears him down, making him haggard and irritable.

2. What type of child is Gudrun?
(a) She is volatile and quick tempered.
(b) She is slow and meek.
(c) She is active, and athletic.
(d) She is quiet, mild-mannered, but indomitable.

3. What is the first woodworking gift Will gives to Anna?
(a) Candlesticks with carved flowers
(b) A butter stamp with a phoenix on it
(c) A wooden bowl with carved ivy
(d) A jewelry box carved with birds

4. What does Tom see in the loft of the barn that distresses him, making him feel like an old man?
(a) His thirteen year old dog, dead in the hay
(b) Rotted timbers that need to be replaced
(c) His gray haired wife, shooing the owls away
(d) Anna and Will in each other's arms, kissing

5. Who is the person Anna meets that she considers a real person of consequence?
(a) Baron Skrebensky
(b) Tilly
(c) Tom
(d) Frank

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a great comfort to Ursula while she shrinks away from other people, afraid she is not like them?

2. How does William's relationship with Ursula change after the birth of Gudrun?

3. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?

4. Why does Ursula's face get a strange, scared look at this time in her life?

5. How does Anna feel about people she meets outside the Marsh farm?

(see the answer key)

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