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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

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) His thirteen year old dog, dead in the hay
(b) Anna and Will in each other's arms, kissing
(c) His gray haired wife, shooing the owls away
(d) Rotted timbers that need to be replaced

2. How does Lydia emerge from her indifference, becoming a new person?
(a) She lives through her daughter.
(b) She falls in love with the vicar.
(c) She meets Tom Brangwen in Cossethay.
(d) She decides to move back to Poland.

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 mother forces him to do the farming.
(c) His father falls off the stack, breaking his neck.
(d) His father feels he is ready to take on the responsibility

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom find hard to bear when he thinks about Mrs. Lensky?

2. What does Will discover about himself as he kisses Anna in the moonlight?

3. What is the bitter lesson Tom learns after his son is born?

4. When does a darkness and dread come over Lydia's mind?

5. How does Tom feel about himself after meeting Alfred's lover, the lady, Mrs. Forbes?

(see the answer key)

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