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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom love to visit Anna and William?
(a) Because he misses Anna
(b) Because it keeps him from work
(c) Because they are glowing and full of life
(d) Because he likes to get away from home

2. What does William ask the girl sitting next to him in the Empire ?
(a) If she would like to go to the tea shop with him
(b) If she goes to college
(c) If she has a husband
(d) How old she is

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

4. What is Anna unable to tell William for four days, while they battle with each other?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is sorry.
(c) She loves someone else.
(d) She wants to leave him.

5. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?
(a) She is happy to have a father.
(b) She is angry, wanting to move away.
(c) She is glad her mother has a husband.
(d) She accepts Tom immediately.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?

3. How does Tom feel as he watches his wife in the pain of childbirth?

4. What does William witness that torments him for the rest of his life?

5. What does Tom see in the loft of the barn that distresses him, making him feel like an old man?

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