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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ursula consumed with a fear of herself when she and Anton are in the cornstacks after the wedding?
(a) She is afraid she will say something foolish.
(b) She has broken Anton, abating his fire.
(c) She is afraid she won't be good enough for Anton.
(d) She is afraid of what she might do.

2. How does Tom Brangwen die after returning home from Nottingham?
(a) He dies in his sleep.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) His horse kicks him in the head.
(d) He drowns in the flood.

3. What brings Anton Skrebensky back to the Marsh farm after he returns to the army?
(a) A letter from Gudrun
(b) Fred Brangwen's wedding
(c) He misses Ursula
(d) An invitation from Anna

4. What does Ursula tell Anton in the letter she sends to him?
(a) She found a new lover.
(b) She misses him.
(c) She hopes he is happy in his new marriage.
(d) She is pregnant and wants to marry him.

5. Which of the Brangwen boys has a soft, mysterious nature, strange peacefulness, informed air, and brings a foreign touch to the Marsh farm?
(a) Tom
(b) William
(c) Alfred
(d) Fred

6. Why does Maggie feel betrayed when Ursula spends time with Anthony?
(a) Maggie thinks they are talking behind her back.
(b) Maggie and Anthony are at odds with one another.
(c) Maggie is jealous of the attention Anthony gives to Ursula.
(d) Maggie wants to spend more time with Ursula.

7. Ursula resigns herself to teaching until she can do what?
(a) Take over the farm
(b) Get married
(c) Go to college
(d) Find other employment

8. While Anton is away, who does Ursula fall in love with while at school?
(a) Mr. Phillips
(b) Mr. Morton
(c) Miss Jenny
(d) Miss Inger

9. What does Lydia Brangwen wish for as she sees the turmoil in her son's lives?
(a) She wishes she could be more involved in her son's lives.
(b) She wishes they would come to her with their troubles.
(c) She wishes for the peace and innocence of age.
(d) She wishes they would move away.

10. Why does Ursula's face get a strange, scared look at this time in her life?
(a) She doesn't want to leave her family.
(b) She is worried about her studies.
(c) She is so confused and emotional.
(d) She doesn't want to face adulthood.

11. What do the Brangwens hear when they wake up the first morning in their new house?
(a) Strange sounds of the town
(b) Someone fighting outside
(c) Different birds chirping
(d) A woman yelling at her children

12. Why does 11-year-old Ursula find it a bother to be the eldest of six children?
(a) Because she has to take three of the six children to school
(b) Because she has to homeschool her siblings
(c) Because she has to wash everyone's clothes
(d) Because she has to cook every meal

13. Why does Lydia feel sorry for her first husband, Paul Lensky?
(a) Because he had no heirs
(b) Because he died young, scarcely living
(c) Because he died old and alone
(d) Because he had a poor childhood

14. What does Anton tell Ursula after she tells him that she does not ever want to get married?
(a) He calls her an uncaring shrew.
(b) He says that he doesn't care if they get married.
(c) He cares for her more than all the world, life or death.
(d) He says that it is a relief knowing they won't be married.

15. What type of child is Gudrun?
(a) She is not trustworthy.
(b) She lives in a fantasy world.
(c) She is violent.
(d) She is realistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ursula refuse Anthony's proposal of marriage?

2. Who is Lydia's comforting friend after Tom's death?

3. What does Anton believe Ursula wants to do to him, even though they are lovers?

4. What action does Ursula take to escape from the horses surrounding her when she goes for a walk in the rain?

5. What question torments Ursula as she enters womanhood?

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