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

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

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

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

5. What is the first woodworking gift Will gives to Anna?
(a) A wooden bowl with carved ivy
(b) A butter stamp with a phoenix on it
(c) A jewelry box carved with birds
(d) Candlesticks with carved flowers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to comfort William when the stress of four children becomes a heavy burden for him?

2. What does Alfred tell Tom every person must do?

3. What is Tom's reaction when Mrs. Lensky agrees to marry him?

4. What does Will ask Mr. and Mrs. Brangwen after he and Anna kiss in the cornfield?

5. What is the deep trouble that is between Anna and William?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What piece of advice does Alfred give Tom as they walk to Anna and William's cottage?

3. Describe Anna's emotional state when her mother marries Tom Brangwen.

4. Describe the hatred that grows in seventeen-year-old, Anna, toward her mother.

5. Explain what William asks the girl sitting next to him at the Empire, and what they do together.

6. Compare the way Anna and William view Lincoln Cathedral as they walk through the doors.

7. Explain how Lydia rises out of her darkness and indifference to make a new life for herself.

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

9. Are Anna and William satisfied with their lives?

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

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