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

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

3. How does Lydia act toward Tom when she becomes pregnant?
(a) She becomes silent and distant.
(b) She is constantly talking about the new baby.
(c) She wants to be with Tom constantly.
(d) She is full of life and laughter.

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

5. What lesson about life did Ursula learn at an early age after her father insults her for stepping in the seed beds?
(a) She learned to obey her father.
(b) She learned to harden herself from the outside world.
(c) She learned to rely on her sisters.
(d) She learned to go to her mother for sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Anna react to her parent's relationship?

3. Who is the person Anna meets that she considers a real person of consequence?

4. What is Anna unable to tell William for four days, while they battle with each other?

5. What type of child is Gudrun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the toast Tom gives at Anna's wedding party?

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

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

6. Compare Tom's feeling toward his newborn son and his stepdaughter, Anna?

7. What is it that finally allows Anna to give up her adventurous spirit and wonder of life?

8. How does William react when he sees Anna dancing naked in the bedroom?

9. Describe the woman Tom Brangwen decides to marry.

10. Explain William's relationship with Ursula after the birth of Gudrun.

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