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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Tess when she goes to Talbothays?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-three.

2. How does Tess react to what Alec tells her?
(a) She thinks he is boring.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She says she is going to walk home.
(d) She asks him to tell her more about it.

3. In Chapter 47, Tess tries once more to get Alec to leave her alone. What does she do?
(a) Slaps him on the face with her leather glove.
(b) Slaps him in the face with a horse whip.
(c) Tells him she has rejected religion.
(d) Tells him she will tell her father that he is bothering her.

4. At dinnertime, Angel is seated at a different table than the other dairy workers because ______.
(a) He likes to read while he eats dinner.
(b) The dairyman's wife is afraid he will corrupt the dairymaids.
(c) He is of a higher class.
(d) He has a contagious disease.

5. Tess's parents ask Tess for money. What is the reason they give for needing the money?
(a) Pay for her brother's schooling.
(b) Repair the cottage roof.
(c) Buy more goats and chickens.
(d) Repair the outhouse roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angel returns to the D'Urberville manor house, which is located where?

2. Who actually sent the letter inviting Tess to work at Tantridge?

3. While the dairy maids are out in the pasture searching for noxious weeds, Tess feels faint. What does Mr. Crick tell her?

4. What plan does Tess's mother come up with to help the family?

5. What is Tess's reaction to the job offer at Tantridge?

(see the answer key)

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