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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) On the outskirts of Marlott.
(c) In Ireland.
(d) About 5 miles from her father's house.

2. What do Angel and Tess find they have in common, that surprises them both?
(a) They are both disillusioned with the world.
(b) They both have religious parents.
(c) Neither one of them likes cows.
(d) They both enjoy music.

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

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

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

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

7. Tess receives an offer of work at Tantridge taking care of the _____.
(a) Laundry.
(b) Children.
(c) Birds.
(d) Goats.

8. At Talbothays Tess meets Angel - what does Angel's father do for a living?
(a) He is a bishop.
(b) He is a parson.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is independently wealthy.

9. In Chapter 13, what does Tess discover?
(a) Her mother is pregnant.
(b) She can't remember what Alec looked like.
(c) The family fortunes have improved.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

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

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

13. How does Alec react when Tess tells him how she feels about what has happened between them?
(a) He offers her money.
(b) He pretends he doesn't know what she is talking about.
(c) He offers to marry her.
(d) He ignores her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Angel and his father do at the end of their talk?

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

3. What does Tess's mother hope will happen once Tess arrives at Tantridge?

4. Where do Angel's parents live?

5. What does Tess determine to do about the fact that the other dairymaids love Angel?

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