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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Angel react when Tess tells him about her past?
(a) He is confused because he thinks she should be proud of her family connections.
(b) He thinks that being a D'Urberville will make his parents accept her all the more readily.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He suggests she make contact with the D'Urbervilles.

2. When her parents still don't come home, what does Tess finally do?
(a) Asks a neighbor to go get them.
(b) Locks the other children in the cottage and goes to fetch her parents.
(c) Sends her sister to find them.
(d) Goes to sleep.

3. Why does Tess wake up at 2 a.m.?
(a) Her sister is crying.
(b) She has to take the bee hives to market in another town.
(c) She's worried about the family's finances and can't sleep.
(d) She had a bad dream.

4. How does Tess feel when she learns that the other dairymaids are in love with Angel, too?
(a) Secretly flattered.
(b) Worried that Angel will like one of them better than her.
(c) Happy, she likes having people envy her.
(d) Guilty, and she thinks she is not good enough for him.

5. Why does Tess decide not to return home from Tantridge after all?
(a) She needs the work so she can contribute to her family's finances.
(b) She decides that she should just go and see what it's like before she makes a decision.
(c) She realizes she is simply nervous about the new situation.
(d) She is afraid her mother and father will be angry if she goes home.

6. What does Angel threaten to do if Tess still refuses his proposals?
(a) Marry Mercy Chant.
(b) Ask her parents for her hand.
(c) Leave Talbothays.
(d) Marry Marian.

7. At Talbothays, Tess is supervised by ______.
(a) Mr. Talbothay.
(b) Mr. Crick.
(c) No one.
(d) Mr. Clare.

8. What is Tess's reason for choosing to work at Talbothays?
(a) She wants a fresh start where no one knows about her past.
(b) She is still feeling guilty about the horse's death and wants to work in the barns.
(c) It is close to home.
(d) She is afraid her mother will be angry if she doesn't contribute to the family's finances.

9. Talbothays is located very close to ______.
(a) Sandbourne.
(b) Kingsbere.
(c) The town of West Clare.
(d) The ancestral burial grounds of the D'Urbervilles.

10. What does Alec do in Chapter 9 that Tess doesn't like?
(a) Tells her she is not whistling loud enough.
(b) Tells his mother she is not working hard enough.
(c) Hides behind the curtains and spies on her.
(d) Ignores her at a dance.

11. What does Tess finally decide the relationship between herself and Angel?
(a) That he isn't worthy of her.
(b) That it will never work.
(c) That it is fated.
(d) That they should just be friends.

12. What is one of Tess's duties at the farm?
(a) She has to make sure the cows don't escape.
(b) She has to wake up the other dairymaids at 3 a.m.
(c) She has to make the beds.
(d) She has to take the milk to market.

13. In Chapter 3, Tess is left in charge of all the younger children. Where have her parents gone?
(a) To visit a sick friend.
(b) To a dance.
(c) To the pub.
(d) Shopping.

14. Who eventually baptizes the child?
(a) Tess.
(b) No one.
(c) The pastor.
(d) The kind-hearted bishop.

15. When Angel encounters the dairymaids trying to cross the river on the way to church, what does he do?
(a) Asks Tess to a dance.
(b) Tells Tess he likes her but could never marry her.
(c) Kisses Tess.
(d) Carries the dairy maids across the flooded water.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of work does Tess do at Talbothays?

4. What motivates Tess to make a promise to Angel?

5. What objection does Angel make to the woman his parents want him to marry?

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