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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Angel's parents live?
(a) Marlott.
(b) Sandbourne.
(c) Vale of Froom.
(d) Emminister.

2. How much time has elapsed between the time Tess came home from Tantridge and the time she starts working at Talbothays?
(a) Between two and three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Almost four years.

3. What does Tess tell Angel in Chapter 30 about her past?
(a) That she is already married.
(b) That she is related to the D'Urbervilles.
(c) That she has had a baby.
(d) That Alec seduced her.

4. After Tess leaves for Tantridge, how does her mother feel?
(a) Worried about Alec's intentions.
(b) Happy, the family will have more money.
(c) Sad, she will miss Tess.
(d) Regretful, she thinks she pressured Tess.

5. What does Tess's mother hope will happen once Tess arrives at Tantridge?
(a) Her beauty will impress Alec and he will marry her.
(b) Tess will like it there.
(c) Tess will get along well with the D'Urbervilles and they will like her.
(d) She will save her money and help the family financially.

6. Tess believes she is related to the D'Urbervilles at Tantridge by family ties. What kind of family ties exist between them?
(a) She and the D'Urbervilles are third cousins by marriage.
(b) None, they have changed their name to hide how they became rich.
(c) She and Alec share the same great-grandmother.
(d) Her father's brother married Alec's cousin.

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

8. Angel tries to help Tess out with her chores. What does he do?
(a) Plays the harp so she will feel happier about working.
(b) Pays someone to do some of her chores.
(c) Makes sure the cows she has to milk are the most good-natured ones.
(d) Carries the milk pails for her.

9. What kind of work does Tess do at Talbothays?
(a) Dairy maid.
(b) Cook.
(c) Caretaker of birds.
(d) Housekeeper.

10. How does Mr. Crick hear that the butter has a funny taste?
(a) Rhetty tells him.
(b) He reads it in the newspaper.
(c) He gets a letter from a customer.
(d) Someone stops him at the market to tell him.

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

12. Which character, introduced in Chapter 10, picks on Tess?
(a) The dark-haired milkmaid.
(b) Angel's brother.
(c) The Queen of Spades.
(d) The police officer.

13. Who does Angel's family want him to marry?
(a) Eliza-Louisa.
(b) The Queen of Spades.
(c) Mercy Chant.
(d) Tess.

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

15. In Chapter 12, what does Tess decide to do after she's been at the D'Urberville mansion for a few weeks?
(a) Tell Mrs. D'Urberville what Alec has done to her.
(b) Return home.
(c) Marry Alec.
(d) Confront the Queen of Spades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angel tell Tess about Alec?

2. Why does Tess blame herself for the death of the horse?

3. What conditions does Tess place on her agreement to go live with the D'Urbervilles in Tantridge?

4. How does Alec react when Tess tells him how she feels about what has happened between them?

5. Tess decides to go to Talbothays when she hears about a possible job there. Where is Talbothays located?

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