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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?
(a) She tells him that she hates her mother.
(b) She tells him that she is never getting married.
(c) She tells him she is moving away.
(d) She tells him that he is not her father.

2. Who invites Anna and William to visit them in Briswell?
(a) Paul Lensky
(b) Alfred Brangwen
(c) Frank Brangwen
(d) Baron Skrebensky and his new wife, Millicent

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

4. When does a darkness and dread come over Lydia's mind?
(a) At the start of the war
(b) When she marries Paul Lensky
(c) When she becomes a nurse
(d) After her two children die of diphtheria

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

6. How does Anna react to her parent's relationship?
(a) She ignores both parents.
(b) She resents the relationship.
(c) She feels alone and unsafe.
(d) She finds peace and can be a child now.

7. How does William's relationship with Ursula change after the birth of Gudrun?
(a) He takes her to his heart.
(b) He begins to hate Ursula.
(c) He ignores her in favor of Gudrun.
(d) Everything Ursula does irritates him.

8. What is Anna's initial reaction when the eleven men start singing in the garden of the cottage, outside Anna and Will's window?
(a) Amusement
(b) Fear
(c) Embarrassment
(d) Sadness

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

10. What is the bitter lesson Tom learns after his son is born?
(a) Lydia does not want him ever again.
(b) He does not want Lydia as much as he used to.
(c) Lydia does not want him as much as he wants her.
(d) He wants to be with other women.

11. What is the question William asks himself when he and Anna are constantly tormenting one another?
(a) How can he be nicer to Anna?
(b) Will the baby bring them together?
(c) Why can't he leave her?
(d) What gift can he get for Anna?

12. Why is Tom glad that his wife Lydia is there for him on Anna's wedding day?
(a) She will arrange the party after the wedding.
(b) She will sustain him among all of the people attending the wedding.
(c) She will help him forget his loss of Anna.
(d) She will tell him what he should do during the ceremony.

13. What does William ask the girl sitting next to him in the Empire ?
(a) How old she is
(b) If she goes to college
(c) If she would like to go to the tea shop with him
(d) If she has a husband

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Anna and Will react as the men continue singing in the garden?

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

4. How does Anna feel about Tom after the baby is born?

5. What does William do to help him stop worrying about life and relaxing?

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