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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anna react as she sits at the bar while Tom goes to sell his cow at the cattle market?
(a) She feels grown up and hopes Tom will stay away for a while.
(b) She feels alone and thinks Tom will never come back to get her.
(c) She likes talking to all the men at the market.
(d) She enjoys all the men, smells, and noise around her.

2. What does Tom crave more than ever from his wife?
(a) Quiet conversations
(b) Her stories about Poland
(c) Obedience
(d) Love and passion

3. What is Lydia's mental state in the last few months of her pregnancy?
(a) She is looking forward to the baby's birth.
(b) She is always singing and sewing.
(c) She is depressed, cries, and doesn't want Tom near her.
(d) She is spending more time with Tom.

4. 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.

5. How does Tom feel about his new son?
(a) He loves his son more than his step-daughter, Anna.
(b) He loves Anna more than his own son.
(c) He adores his new son and wants to hold him constantly.
(d) He wishes he had a baby girl instead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?

2. When does Tom find the end of youth's passionate desire, losing his individuality?

3. When do Effie and Tom begin fiercely quarreling with each other?

4. Where does Tom take Anna as she hysterically cries for her mother?

5. What does Brangwen find to replace the desires he has for his wife?

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