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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How successful is Tom Brangwen at his school studies?
(a) He is above average in all his studies
(b) He is the best reader in the class.
(c) His brain is slow, hopeless, and good for nothing.
(d) He is at the top of his class in mathematics

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

3. How does Lydia act toward Tom when she becomes pregnant?
(a) She is constantly talking about the new baby.
(b) She becomes silent and distant.
(c) She is full of life and laughter.
(d) She wants to be with Tom constantly.

4. What does William witness that torments him for the rest of his life?
(a) A violent knifing in Cossethay
(b) The pregnant Anna, dancing naked in the bedroom
(c) An old woman, dead and alone for two weeks
(d) A child drowning in the pond

5. Why does Tom love to visit Anna and William?
(a) Because he likes to get away from home
(b) Because he misses Anna
(c) Because they are glowing and full of life
(d) Because it keeps him from work

6. What is Anna's emotional response to the cathedral?
(a) She feels God is alive at the altar.
(b) She finally agrees with William's passion for the church.
(c) She wants to remain in its confines forever.
(d) She is in awe, but prefers the freedom of the sky.

7. How does Tom feel about himself after meeting Alfred's lover, the lady, Mrs. Forbes?
(a) He is thankful that he doesn't need to live up to a lady's expectations.
(b) He is content with his way of life.
(c) He regrets taking over the farm and not making more of his life.
(d) He is glad he has the quiet life of a farmer.

8. What is Tom's reaction to Lydia after they are married and the guests leave?
(a) He is rough and cruel to her.
(b) He is indifferent to his new wife.
(c) He is terrified at her strangeness and cannot meet her eyes.
(d) He is ecstatic with joy and cannot wait to hold her.

9. What is Anna's reaction when Tom carries her into the barn?
(a) She kicks and screams.
(b) She becomes quiet and still.
(c) She knocks over the cow's food pail.
(d) She screams hysterically.

10. Where have generations of Brangwens lived?
(a) The Brangwen Ranch
(b) The Marsh Farm
(c) London
(d) Edinburg

11. What does Tom find hard to bear when he thinks about Mrs. Lensky?
(a) He can't stand that they are complete strangers to each other.
(b) He can't bear that she is six years older than he is.
(c) He can't stand that she has a daughter.
(d) He can't bear that she was married before.

12. 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

13. What gives Anna complete happiness and fulfillment?
(a) Visiting her parents
(b) Being a wife
(c) Going to church
(d) Being a mother

14. What gift does Tom give Will and Anna for their wedding?
(a) He gives them his favorite stallion.
(b) He gives them a cottage in Cossethay.
(c) He gives them a share in the farm.
(d) He gives them a horse and carriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is William's reaction when he steps through the doors of the cathedral?

2. What does Anna find refreshing about the Skrebensky's relationship?

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

4. What lesson about life did Ursula learn at an early age after her father insults her for stepping in the seed beds?

5. William comes home from the park a changed man. How does Anna react to this new side of her husband?

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