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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who meets Tess and shows her around Tantridge?
(a) Angel.
(b) Her elderly aunt.
(c) The milkmaids.
(d) Alec D'Uberville.

3. 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 enlarge the bee hives so they will bring in more cash.
(d) She plans to get her husband to stop drinking so much.

4. On the trip to Tantridge, Tess considers returning home. Why?
(a) Alec forces her to kiss him.
(b) She misses her family.
(c) She is afraid of meeting the D'Urbervilles.
(d) She doesn't want to work in a strange place.

5. Who comes along just as a fight is about to break out between Tess and another woman?
(a) Alec.
(b) The Queen of Spades.
(c) The D'Uberville's horsemaster.
(d) Abraham.

6. 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) Happy, she likes having people envy her.
(d) Worried that Angel will like one of them better than her.

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

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

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

10. How does Tess feel about Alec in Chapter 9?
(a) Tess distrusts him.
(b) She likes him but he makes her nervous.
(c) She is attracted to him.
(d) She thinks he is too snobbish.

11. In Chapter 29 who tells a story that influences Tess greatly?
(a) Dairyman Crick.
(b) Tess's mother.
(c) Angel.
(d) Mrs. Crick.

12. When Angel tells Tess he loves her, and hugs her, she makes an excuse to move out of his embrace. What is her excuse?
(a) That the cow might kick over the milk pail.
(b) That she doesn't feel the same way.
(c) That she has been stung by a bee.
(d) That she doesn't want anyone to see them.

13. 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) She will save her money and help the family financially.
(c) Tess will get along well with the D'Urbervilles and they will like her.
(d) Tess will like it there.

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

15. What does Angel's father tell him on the walk out of town?
(a) That he wants Angel to join the clergy.
(b) That Angel's brothers are jealous of him.
(c) That he tried to convert Alec, but failed.
(d) That he tried to convert Alec, and succeeded.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Tess falls asleep in the leaves, what does Alec do?

3. What does Mr. Crick think made the butter taste unpleasant?

4. How does Mr. Crick hear that the butter has a funny taste?

5. Why does the character who picks on Tess do so?

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