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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tess is introduced to Mrs. D'Urberville, how is she treated?
(a) Like any other servant.
(b) She is made welcome.
(c) Like a long-lost relative.
(d) With friendship.

2. In Chapter 13, what does Tess discover?
(a) She can't remember what Alec looked like.
(b) Her mother is pregnant.
(c) The family fortunes have improved.
(d) She is pregnant.

3. How does Tess feel about Alec in Chapter 9?
(a) She thinks he is too snobbish.
(b) Tess distrusts him.
(c) She likes him but he makes her nervous.
(d) She is attracted to him.

4. Tess proves herself to have a stubborn streak. In Chapter 8, how is her stubbornness shown by the author?
(a) She refuses to ride in the carriage with Alec, but walks alongside instead.
(b) She refuses to show that she is nervous.
(c) She will not let anyone help her with her luggage.
(d) She refuses to drive the horses, because she doesn't want to get dirty.

5. What plan does Tess's mother come up with to help the family?
(a) She plans to send Tess to live with a member of the D'Uberville family in another town.
(b) She plans to find more work so that she can earn money.
(c) She plans to get her husband to stop drinking so much.
(d) She plans to enlarge the bee hives so they will bring in more cash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes along just as a fight is about to break out between Tess and another woman?

2. Who eventually baptizes the child?

3. When Tess first sees Angel, what is her reaction?

4. When her parents still don't come home, what does Tess finally do?

5. At Talbothays,Tess shares sleeping quarters with ____, Izz Rhuett, and Rhetty.

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