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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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

2. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?
(a) He worries about the farm and finances.
(b) He yearns for Anna's love because she is his hope.
(c) He is afraid his sons will not want the farm.
(d) He worried that his sons will fight over the farm.

3. What is Anna unable to tell William for four days, while they battle with each other?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She loves someone else.
(c) She wants to leave him.
(d) She is sorry.

4. When does Ursula feel the most secure, warm, and happy?
(a) When her father returns home
(b) When she is with her baby sister
(c) When the whole family gathers at the table
(d) When her mother is in the house

5. What does Brangwen find to replace the desires he has for his wife?
(a) He reads throughout the night.
(b) He works day and night.
(c) He becomes closer to Anna and drinks more.
(d) He spends all his time at the bar.

6. How does Tom think his brother Alfred feels about him?
(a) Favors him over Frank
(b) Despises him a little
(c) Sees him as a child
(d) Loves him

7. What does William do to help him stop worrying about life and relaxing?
(a) He visits his local church which he loves.
(b) He goes for long walks.
(c) He carves wood.
(d) He rides his horse through the country side.

8. What is Tom's reaction when Mrs. Lensky agrees to marry him?
(a) He passes out.
(b) He nods his head and heads for home.
(c) He picks her up, dancing around the room.
(d) He has to sit down, sealed in oblivion.

9. Why does Anna relinquish her adventurous spirit and wonder of the unknown?
(a) She becomes content with another pregnancy.
(b) Her mother tells her to be a responsible wife.
(c) Her father tells her to grow up.
(d) She is beaten down by William.

10. When do Effie and Tom begin fiercely quarreling with each other?
(a) After their father breaks his neck
(b) When Tom gets back from school
(c) When Effie becomes engaged
(d) After the death of their mother

11. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?
(a) Tom spanks Anna, telling her to stop crying.
(b) Tom cuddles with Anna, saying she is a good girl.
(c) Tom angrily undresses Anna, putting her in her nightdress himself.
(d) Tom tells Tilly to let Anna go to bed in her clothes.

12. What does Will discover about himself as he kisses Anna in the moonlight?
(a) He doesn't care for Anna.
(b) He does not want Anna.
(c) He loves Anna.
(d) He wants her desperately.

13. Where is Anna's favorite place to stop on the way to the cattle market?
(a) London
(b) Nottingham
(c) Glasgow
(d) Derby

14. What does Alfred tell Tom every person must do?
(a) No one can be happy alone.
(b) Everyone needs other people
(c) Go on with life by yourself
(d) Be happy to have a wife to go through life with

15. How does Anna feel about Tom after the baby is born?
(a) She wants to move away from him with her mother and the baby.
(b) She still resents him.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She grows to love him, spending more time with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Lydia and Tom discover about each other after two years of marriage?

3. What is Tom's secret desire for Anna?

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

5. Why does the care of the farm fall upon Tom's shoulders when he is eighteen?

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