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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ursula's impression of her father?
(a) He is full of magic and fascination to her.
(b) He is indifferent and loveless to her.
(c) He is a stranger to her.
(d) He is cruel and heartless to her.

3. How does Anna feel about herself as she drives to the wedding with her father?
(a) She is ecstatic, feeling lovely and flamboyant.
(b) She is embarrassed by her father's crassness.
(c) She is nervous and self-conscious.
(d) She feels ugly and inferior.

4. What is Tom contemplating as he stands at the altar with Anna on her wedding day?
(a) What will his life be like without Anna?
(b) How does a person grow old and become confident?
(c) Should he take Anna and leave the church?
(d) Should he refuse to give Anna away?

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

6. How does William become reborn, learning to be himself and alone?
(a) He goes to church every day.
(b) Anna forces him to sleep alone.
(c) He leaves Anna for two weeks.
(d) He forces Anna to sleep in another room.

7. What is Tom's attitude toward his own life while his wife is miserable?
(a) He is always happy.
(b) He doesn't care that his wife is in misery.
(c) He keeps the pain at the bottom of his heart and enjoys his life.
(d) He is moody and miserable too.

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

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

10. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?
(a) She is glad her mother has a husband.
(b) She accepts Tom immediately.
(c) She is happy to have a father.
(d) She is angry, wanting to move away.

11. How does Anna get along with other children?
(a) She loves being around other children.
(b) She gets along with everyone.
(c) She dominates them, feeling they are inferior.
(d) She sees them as equals and has many friends.

12. What does Tom see in the loft of the barn that distresses him, making him feel like an old man?
(a) Rotted timbers that need to be replaced
(b) His gray haired wife, shooing the owls away
(c) Anna and Will in each other's arms, kissing
(d) His thirteen year old dog, dead in the hay

13. Why does William begin to hate Anna as she talks to him about the carvings in the cathedral?
(a) She insults his carving abilities as she looks at the carvings in the church.
(b) She is destroying another one of his illusions.
(c) She is more passionate about the cathedral than he is.
(d) She tells him he will never be awed as she is with the cathedral.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom find hard to bear when he thinks about Mrs. Lensky?

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

3. Why does the town of Cossethay grow quickly, making the Brangwen's richer?

4. How successful is Tom Brangwen at his school studies?

5. What does Will discover about himself as he kisses Anna in the moonlight?

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