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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it about Anna that leaves William unsatisfied and unfulfilled?
(a) Her flowery innocence
(b) Her pregnancy
(c) Her ugly nature
(d) Her maturity

2. Why is Millicent Skrebensky annoyed with William?
(a) Because he is uncritical and courteous to her
(b) Because he is irritated with her
(c) Because he raises his voice rudely to her
(d) Because he objects to her antics

3. What does Will ask Mr. and Mrs. Brangwen after he and Anna kiss in the cornfield?
(a) He asks if he can court Anna.
(b) He asks for her hand in marriage.
(c) He asks if he can work on the farm.
(d) He asks that they tell Anna he is leaving.

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

5. 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 is sorry.
(d) She loves someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of child is Gudrun?

2. Where does Tom take Anna as she hysterically cries for her mother?

3. What is the reason Tom Brangwen's wife believes the vicar's children are seen as superior to her own?

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

5. What does William witness that torments him for the rest of his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the Brangwens come into more money as they live on the Marsh farm.

2. Explain why William feels guilty when he looks out the door after his marriage to Anna.

3. After the birth of their son, Lydia does have the passion for Tom that she once had. How does he deal with the desires he has for his wife?

4. Describe Anna's emotions as her parents build a life together.

5. Explain the relationship between Lydia and Tom after two years of marriage.

6. Summarize Anna's inner feelings when she is sent to a young ladies school in Nottingham.

7. What is William's physical and mental state after the birth of his third child?

8. Why do eleven of the men from the wedding party go to Anna and William's cottage?

9. Describe what becomes of Lydia's first two children while she is living in Poland with her husband Paul.

10. Describe the impression Anna has of Baron Skrebensky and his new wife, Millicent with regard to their relationship.

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