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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the boy with Eustacia doing?
(a) Keeping the fire going and listening for a frog to drop into the pond.
(b) Learning how to cast spells.
(c) Keeping lookout for Eustacia's lover.
(d) Sleeping by the fire.

2. Why is Thomasin having a difficult time?
(a) She does not love her husband.
(b) Her husband will not give her any spending money.
(c) She worries about Clym.
(d) She does not like Eustacia.

3. What do Sam and Humphrey say about Clym?
(a) They mention his work, his ability to speak French, and the glamorous life he leads in Paris.
(b) They hope he will stay in the heath for awhile and teach them French.
(c) He is the best furze-cutter they know.
(d) He is rude, unkind, and egotistical.

4. What is furze cutting?
(a) Trimming the tops of fir trees.
(b) Cutting a rough, grassy shrub.
(c) Cutting sheep's wool.
(d) Skipping school or class.

5. What does Eustacia convince a local boy to do?
(a) Hold her hand.
(b) Sit by her at the play.
(c) Tell Clym she is available.
(d) Lend her his disguise.

6. Why does Christian leave the inn in despair?
(a) He has lost the money in the creek.
(b) Damon wins the money.
(c) He is lost.
(d) He is late to the wedding.

7. Why does Eustacia worry about Clym falling in love with Thomasin?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is kind.
(d) They live in the same house.

8. What do people do on this day, according to local folklore?
(a) Create a Maypole.
(b) Build large bonfires.
(c) Perform plays.
(d) Sacrifice animals to the gods.

9. What tale does Clym learn while visiting a friend?
(a) Thomasin is secretly in love with Diggory.
(b) Thomasin has taken his money.
(c) Thomasin has married Damon.
(d) His cousin, Thomasin, is jilted on her wedding day.

10. What is Eustacia doing?
(a) Plowing the field.
(b) Packing for a move to Paris.
(c) Visiting her uncle.
(d) Looking through a telescope in the direction of the inn.

11. Who is supervising the furze cutters' work?
(a) Damon Wildeve.
(b) Captain Vye.
(c) Eustacia Vye.
(d) Diggory Venn.

12. What is the object of Eustacia's obsession?
(a) Damon.
(b) Herself.
(c) Diggory.
(d) Clym.

13. Describe Damon and Thomasin's wedding.
(a) A small ceremony performed at home.
(b) A large ceremony with many brides maids.
(c) A traditional ceremony with the town in attendance.
(d) The smallest of ceremonies with no attendant.

14. How does Clym's mother react when he tells her about his plans?
(a) She is stunned and agitated.
(b) She is very excited.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is pleasantly surprised.

15. Where does Christian stop on the way to the wedding?
(a) His home.
(b) Rainbarrow.
(c) The woods.
(d) The inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Diggory hide?

2. What is expected of Clym?

3. Why is Eustacia at the wedding?

4. What is the "article" Wildeve comes to collect from Mrs. Yeobright?

5. How does Clym perceive her?

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