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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tess determine to do about the fact that the other dairymaids love Angel?
(a) Ask him how he feels about them.
(b) Tell him they aren't good enough for him.
(c) Avoid him so he will spend time with the others.
(d) Ask him to make a choice.

3. What motivates Tess to make a promise to Angel?
(a) Angel asks her to make a promise.
(b) She wants him to leave her alone.
(c) The other dairymaids urge her to do so.
(d) It wouldn't be fair to marry him if he doesn't know about her past.

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

5. What does Mr. Crick think made the butter taste unpleasant?
(a) The butter churn is not working properly.
(b) The milk is too warm, and has started to turn sour.
(c) The cows are nervous and are giving bad milk.
(d) The cows have been eating garlic weeds.

6. What does Tess name her baby?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Alec.
(d) Raymond.

7. At dinnertime, Angel is seated at a different table than the other dairy workers because ______.
(a) The dairyman's wife is afraid he will corrupt the dairymaids.
(b) He likes to read while he eats dinner.
(c) He has a contagious disease.
(d) He is of a higher class.

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

9. Who actually sent the letter inviting Tess to work at Tantridge?
(a) Mrs. Durbeyfield.
(b) Angel.
(c) Alec's mother.
(d) Alec.

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

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

12. When Tess falls asleep in the leaves, what does Alec do?
(a) He wakes her up so they can go home.
(b) He holds her hand.
(c) He watches her sleep.
(d) He seduces her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, Mr. Durbeyfield meets the parson on the road. How does the parson greet him?

3. Where does Angel first see Tess?

4. Why does Tess wake up at 2 a.m.?

5. On the trip to Tantridge, Tess considers returning home. Why?

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