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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Anna view her relationship with her cousin Will?
(a) She is indifferent to him.
(b) She finds him annoying.
(c) He is her escape from the farm into the outside world.
(d) She finds him stupid and useless.

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

5. What does everyone at the wedding party get excited over, shouting and applauding?
(a) The men act out the mystery play of St. George.
(b) Tom and his wife dance in the middle of the parlor.
(c) Anna and will have the first dance.
(d) Anna and William are about to leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the town of Cossethay grow quickly, making the Brangwen's richer?

3. What is Tom's reaction when Mrs. Lensky agrees to marry him?

4. How does Will view Anna as they wait to be married?

5. Who is the person Anna meets that she considers a real person of consequence?

(see the answer key)

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