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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 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.

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

4. In Chapter 27 what does Angel do on his return to Talbothays?
(a) Pursues one of the other dairymaids.
(b) Asks Tess to run away with him.
(c) Tells Mr. Crick he is leaving his job.
(d) Asks Tess to marry him.

5. When Tess first sees Angel, what is her reaction?
(a) She is afraid he might recognize her.
(b) She thinks he is funny-looking.
(c) She is happy to see someone familiar-looking.
(d) She doesn't like him at all.

6. When Tess's baby becomes ill, she is upset because ______.
(a) The child has not been baptized.
(b) Her father thinks it's her fault.
(c) She thinks she is a bad mother.
(d) She can't afford a doctor.

7. 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.

8. In Chapter 1, Mr. Durbeyfield meets the parson on the road. How does the parson greet him?
(a) Mr. Durbeyfield.
(b) Sir John.
(c) Mr. D.
(d) Sir James.

9. In Chapter 11, what does Alec tell Tess on the way home?
(a) That he wants to be a doctor.
(b) That he will take care of her.
(c) That she shouldn't get into any fights.
(d) That he loves her.

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

11. When Angel looks back and sees Tess from the top of the hill, what does he think?
(a) He thinks that he has hurt her feelings.
(b) He thinks he is going to be late getting home.
(c) He thinks he should find his brother.
(d) He thinks she is pretty.

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

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

14. 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.

15. What objection does Angel make to the woman his parents want him to marry?
(a) She is not as virtuous as Tess.
(b) She is afraid of cows.
(c) She is not religious enough.
(d) She is too delicate and refined.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to fetch Tess and take her to Tantridge?

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

3. What is Tess's reason for choosing to work at Talbothays?

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

5. When her parents do not return from the pub, who does Tess send after them to bring them home?

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