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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Anna observes the Skrebensky's relationship, what does she wish for herself?
(a) She wants to be as one person with William.
(b) She wishes she and William were closer.
(c) She wants her own life, not absorbed by William.
(d) She wishes William was more dominant.

2. What is it about Anna that leaves William unsatisfied and unfulfilled?
(a) Her ugly nature
(b) Her flowery innocence
(c) Her pregnancy
(d) Her maturity

3. What does Ursula hate about her mother?
(a) Her mother's satisfaction with child-bearing and domesticity
(b) Her mother's belief in the rights of women
(c) Her mother's need for independence
(d) Her mother making a living outside the home

4. What lesson about life did Ursula learn at an early age after her father insults her for stepping in the seed beds?
(a) She learned to obey her father.
(b) She learned to harden herself from the outside world.
(c) She learned to go to her mother for sympathy.
(d) She learned to rely on her sisters.

5. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?
(a) She is glad her mother has a husband.
(b) She is happy to have a father.
(c) She accepts Tom immediately.
(d) She is angry, wanting to move away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anna feel about herself as she drives to the wedding with her father?

2. Why does 11-year-old Ursula find it a bother to be the eldest of six children?

3. What is Anna's reaction when Tom carries her into the barn?

4. How does Ursula feel as she waits for Anton to come home?

5. How does Lydia see herself when she is married to Paul Lensky?

(see the answer key)

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