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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tom believe he is destined to marry?
(a) Tilly's sister
(b) The vicar's daughter
(c) The Polish widow, Mrs. Lensky
(d) Anna

2. What do Paul, a young doctor, and Lydia Lensky, a nurse, represent in Poland?
(a) The obedience of Polish citizens
(b) The new movement begun in Russia
(c) The joys of marriage
(d) A traditional Polish couple

3. Why does the care of the farm fall upon Tom's shoulders when he is eighteen?
(a) His brother, Alfred, tells his he has to do the farming.
(b) His father feels he is ready to take on the responsibility
(c) His father falls off the stack, breaking his neck.
(d) His mother forces him to do the farming.

4. When does a darkness and dread come over Lydia's mind?
(a) When she becomes a nurse
(b) At the start of the war
(c) After her two children die of diphtheria
(d) When she marries Paul Lensky

5. What is the reason Tom Brangwen's wife believes the vicar's children are seen as superior to her own?
(a) Education and experience
(b) Wealth and power
(c) Heritage and money
(d) Class and virtue

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Anna react as she sits at the bar while Tom goes to sell his cow at the cattle market?

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

5. How does Anna get along with other children?

(see the answer key)

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