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

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

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

4. What does Tom crave more than ever from his wife?
(a) Love and passion
(b) Quiet conversations
(c) Obedience
(d) Her stories about Poland

5. What is Anna's initial reaction when the eleven men start singing in the garden of the cottage, outside Anna and Will's window?
(a) Sadness
(b) Embarrassment
(c) Fear
(d) Amusement

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. What is Lydia's mental state in the last few months of her pregnancy?

3. Why does the care of the farm fall upon Tom's shoulders when he is eighteen?

4. Where is Anna's favorite place to stop on the way to the cattle market?

5. What does Will Brangwen feel guilty about while he is on his honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pains Tom as he stands at the altar at Anna's wedding?

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

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

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

5. Explain how Anna views her relationship with her cousin, William.

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

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

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

9. Describe the relationship of William and Anna as the days go on.

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

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