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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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

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

7. What does Tom say a man's soul and a woman's soul united in marriage becomes?
(a) An angel
(b) Everlasting partners
(c) A happy couple
(d) Soul mates

8. 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) What gift can he get for Anna?
(c) Why can't he leave her?
(d) Will the baby bring them together?

9. Who tries to comfort William when the stress of four children becomes a heavy burden for him?
(a) Lydia
(b) Anna
(c) Ursula
(d) Tom

10. What is Lydia's mental state in the last few months of her pregnancy?
(a) She is always singing and sewing.
(b) She is depressed, cries, and doesn't want Tom near her.
(c) She is spending more time with Tom.
(d) She is looking forward to the baby's birth.

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

12. What do Tom, Alfred, Frank, the brother-in-law, William's brother, and six other men decide to do after Anna and Will leave for their cottage?
(a) They decide to go to the cottage and sing a carol.
(b) They decide to go to the pub for a drink.
(c) They decide to have wrestling matches.
(d) They decide to have a horse race.

13. Why does the town of Cossethay grow quickly, making the Brangwen's richer?
(a) More people are getting married and having children
(b) The town offers public education
(c) There is a goldrush.
(d) The Midland Railway comes down the valley.

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

15. What type of child is Gudrun?
(a) She is volatile and quick tempered.
(b) She is quiet, mild-mannered, but indomitable.
(c) She is slow and meek.
(d) She is active, and athletic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are William's thoughts about the cathedral as he returns home?

3. How does Will react to Anna's preparations for a tea party?

4. How does Tom think his brother Alfred feels about him?

5. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?

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