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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tess's mother's response when she hears about the sexual encounter between Tess and Alec?
(a) She tells Tess that it is her own fault.
(b) She doesn't believe Tess.
(c) She is angry that Tess didn't force Alec to marry her.
(d) She is angry at Alec for hurting Tess.

2. While the dairy maids are out in the pasture searching for noxious weeds, Tess feels faint. What does Mr. Crick tell her?
(a) To go back to the farm and lie down until she feels better.
(b) To sit down and rest for awhile.
(c) To carry on walking, and it will pass.
(d) To have a drink of water.

3. 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 take the milk to market.
(c) She has to make the beds.
(d) She has to wake up the other dairymaids at 3 a.m.

4. Tess decides to go to Talbothays when she hears about a possible job there. Where is Talbothays located?
(a) In the Vale of Froom.
(b) About 5 miles from her father's house.
(c) On the outskirts of Marlott.
(d) In Ireland.

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

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

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

8. Angel's two brothers are named Cuthert and ____?
(a) Felix.
(b) Francis.
(c) Fredrick.
(d) Frank.

9. Where does Angel first see Tess?
(a) Walking home from school.
(b) At church.
(c) At a dance on the green.
(d) At a picnic on the Marlott green.

10. Why does Angel continue to pursue Tess?
(a) He is used to getting his own way.
(b) Now that he's told his parents about Tess, he will be embarrassed if she doesn't marry him.
(c) He thinks she is refusing because of the difference in class between them.
(d) The other dairymaids tell him Tess is just playing hard to get.

11. Why has Tess made a pact with the other dairymaids?
(a) She believes she is too lowly and impure to marry.
(b) She was coerced into it.
(c) She wanted to gain the other dairymaids' trust.
(d) She wants to avoid having them be jealous of her.

12. When her parents do not return from the pub, who does Tess send after them to bring them home?
(a) Joan.
(b) Eliza-Louisa.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Tom.

13. What plan does Tess's mother come up with to help the family?
(a) She plans to get her husband to stop drinking so much.
(b) She plans to send Tess to live with a member of the D'Uberville family in another town.
(c) She plans to enlarge the bee hives so they will bring in more cash.
(d) She plans to find more work so that she can earn money.

14. What does Mr. Durbeyfield do after he talks to the parson?
(a) He tells his family he's rich.
(b) He goes back to the pub.
(c) He hires a carriage to drive him home.
(d) He decides to take a walk by the river.

15. What does the parson tell Mr. Durbeyfield?
(a) That Mr. Durbeyfield has won a small fortune.
(b) That Mr. Durbeyfield's house is on fire.
(c) That Mr. Durbeyfield is related to the D'Urbervilles.
(d) That he thinks it is going to rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Tess leaves for Tantridge, how does her mother feel?

2. At dinnertime, Angel is seated at a different table than the other dairy workers because ______.

3. How does Tess feel when she learns that the other dairymaids are in love with Angel, too?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Tess decide to do after she's been at the D'Urberville mansion for a few weeks?

5. Which character, introduced in Chapter 10, picks on Tess?

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