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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 49 | Chapter 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Tess do at the farm, until winter arrives?
(a) Work in the turnip fields.
(b) Work in the barn.
(c) Work in the kitchen.
(d) Work in the wheat fields.

2. 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 get her husband to stop drinking so much.
(c) She plans to find more work so that she can earn money.
(d) She plans to enlarge the bee hives so they will bring in more cash.

3. Tess has made a pact with the other dairymaids. What does she swear?
(a) Not to tell anyone about Alec.
(b) That she will never lie to them.
(c) Not to marry Angel.
(d) That she will remain at Talbothays as long as they do.

4. While Tess is at Talbothays, she is quite happy. What causes her happiness?
(a) No one knows about her past so she feels renewed.
(b) She is falling in love with Angel.
(c) She is far away from Marlott.
(d) She likes working for Mr. Crick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Angel is persistent in asking Tess why she will not marry him. What does Tess finally promise him?

2. Why has Tess made a pact with the other dairymaids?

3. Why does Angel continue to pursue Tess?

4. What 'bad omen' occurs just as Angel and Tess are leaving the farm?

5. Tess appears to lose hope in Chapter 13. Why?

(see the answer key)

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