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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ursula's impression of the colliers when she and Winifred go to her Uncle Tom's house in Wiggiston?
(a) They seem like creatures without hope.
(b) They are friendly and happy.
(c) They are dirty and poorly dressed.
(d) They are crude and angry.

2. How does Tom finally meet Mrs. Lensky, carrying on a conversation with her?
(a) She meets him at the market.
(b) She meets him at church.
(c) She comes to his farm asking for butter.
(d) She meets him on the road near his house.

3. Why does William begin to hate Anna as she talks to him about the carvings in the cathedral?
(a) She is destroying another one of his illusions.
(b) She is more passionate about the cathedral than he is.
(c) She tells him he will never be awed as she is with the cathedral.
(d) She insults his carving abilities as she looks at the carvings in the church.

4. Why does 11-year-old Ursula find it a bother to be the eldest of six children?
(a) Because she has to homeschool her siblings
(b) Because she has to wash everyone's clothes
(c) Because she has to cook every meal
(d) Because she has to take three of the six children to school

5. What does Anton write in a letter to Ursula after he goes back to the army?
(a) He might have to go to war in South Africa.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He doesn't want to see her anymore.
(d) He wants to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During her two weeks in Wiggiston, what is Ursula's attitude toward Winifred and her Uncle Tom?

3. Why does Anna relinquish her adventurous spirit and wonder of the unknown?

4. What is Ursula's view on school and forcing children to learn?

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

(see the answer key)

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