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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ursula tell Anton in the letter she sends to him?
(a) She found a new lover.
(b) She misses him.
(c) She is pregnant and wants to marry him.
(d) She hopes he is happy in his new marriage.

2. Where does Tom take Anna as she hysterically cries for her mother?
(a) He takes her to her mother.
(b) He takes her to the kitchen for a glass of water.
(c) He takes her in the quiet, warm barn to feed the cows.
(d) He takes her to her bed, demanding that she stop crying.

3. How does Will view Anna as they wait to be married?
(a) She is becoming boring.
(b) She will make a wonderful home maker.
(c) She is a flame that consumes him.
(d) He is having second thoughts about her.

4. What is Anton really feeling as he says goodbye to Ursula when he goes off to war?
(a) He will miss her desperately.
(b) He doesn't want to leave.
(c) He is looking forward to meeting other women.
(d) He is relieved to be leaving her.

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 Theresa's temperament?

2. What subjects do Ursula and Maggie discuss when they are together?

3. What is Ursula's impression of her father?

4. What does Will ask Mr. and Mrs. Brangwen after he and Anna kiss in the cornfield?

5. What is Skrebensky's view on the role of an individual?

(see the answer key)

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