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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anna's reaction when Tom carries her into the barn?
(a) She knocks over the cow's food pail.
(b) She screams hysterically.
(c) She becomes quiet and still.
(d) She kicks and screams.

2. Why does Anna relinquish her adventurous spirit and wonder of the unknown?
(a) Her father tells her to grow up.
(b) She becomes content with another pregnancy.
(c) She is beaten down by William.
(d) Her mother tells her to be a responsible wife.

3. How does Tom feel as he watches his wife in the pain of childbirth?
(a) He just wants it to be over.
(b) He wishes they weren't having a baby.
(c) His heart is tortured, yet he is at peace.
(d) He is indifferent to her moans of pain.

4. What is Tom's attitude toward his own life while his wife is miserable?
(a) He doesn't care that his wife is in misery.
(b) He is moody and miserable too.
(c) He keeps the pain at the bottom of his heart and enjoys his life.
(d) He is always happy.

5. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?
(a) She tells him that she is never getting married.
(b) She tells him that he is not her father.
(c) She tells him she is moving away.
(d) She tells him that she hates her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the description of the relationship between Anna and William in this chapter?

2. What is Tom's reaction to Lydia after they are married and the guests leave?

3. How old is Ursula when a third child is born to Anna and William?

4. Why is Lydia thankful to Tom for the life he gave her?

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

(see the answer key)

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