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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 38 Tess tells her mother that ______.
(a) Alec contacted her, and she is going to work for his mother.
(b) Angel found out about Alec, but not from her.
(c) Angel found out about Alec, but forgave her for her past.
(d) She is going to join Angel once he's found a farm for them to live on.

2. What does Alec tell Tess in Chapter 47, when she refuses him yet again?
(a) That he is her master, and always will be.
(b) That she is his slave and always will be.
(c) That he is going to Africa to forget her.
(d) That he thinks she is being foolish.

3. What does Tess find out from Marian?
(a) That Angel asked Car Darch to go away with him.
(b) That Angel asked Izz to go away with him.
(c) That Angel asked Rhetty to go away with him.
(d) That Angel asked Liza Lu to go away with him.

4. Angel and Tess set their wedding date for ____.
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Angel's birthday.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) The next September.

5. In Chapter 47, Tess tries once more to get Alec to leave her alone. What does she do?
(a) Slaps him in the face with a horse whip.
(b) Tells him she will tell her father that he is bothering her.
(c) Tells him she has rejected religion.
(d) Slaps him on the face with her leather glove.

6. What does Tess learn from the person who visits her at the farm in Chapter 48?
(a) That her father has been imprisoned for drunkenness.
(b) That her father is dying.
(c) That her mother is dead.
(d) That her mother is dying.

7. While the family is camping out of doors after they've left Marlott, Alec notices that Tess is not there. He goes in search of her and finds her where?
(a) In the church looking at the tombs of her ancestors.
(b) In the field behind the burial grounds.
(c) In the church praying.
(d) Looking at the carriage, to see if she can discover why it is an ill omen.

8. What 'bad omen' occurs just as Angel and Tess are leaving the farm?
(a) One of the cows miscarries.
(b) There is a ghost in the carriage.
(c) None.
(d) A rooster crows in the afternoon.

9. When Tess hears that Angel asked someone to accompany him to Brazil, she decides to make a journey. Where does she set off for, and why?
(a) To her parents' house to make sure they are all well.
(b) To Angel's parents' house to ask for news of him.
(c) To see her parents and tell them she and Angel are separated.
(d) To Angel's parents' house to ask for money.

10. Alec wants to marry Tess because ____.
(a) He wants to convert her to Christianity.
(b) He wants to protect her from Angel.
(c) He thinks she loves him.
(d) He wants to right the wrong he did.

11. When Angel and Liza Lu leave the prison, they go up on a hill above _____.
(a) Winston.
(b) Tantridge.
(c) Wiltonchester.
(d) Wintoncester.

12. In Chapter 40, who says "nobody could love 'ee more than Tess did! . . . She would have laid down her life for 'ee."
(a) Mr. Crick.
(b) Izz.
(c) Mrs. Durbeyfield.
(d) Rhetty.

13. Who does Angel meet at the D'Uberville manor house?
(a) Mercy Chant.
(b) Izz.
(c) Rhetty.
(d) Marian.

14. In Chapter 46, who is Tess referring to when she says "He won't hurt me, he's not in love with me."
(a) Farmer Groby.
(b) Alec.
(c) Angel.
(d) Abraham.

15. Alec offers Tess and her family lodgings at ____.
(a) The D'Urberville manor house.
(b) His farm.
(c) Kingsbere.
(d) Tantbridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tess discovers that the Queen of Spades also works at the farm. What other name is she known by?

2. When Tess catches up with Angel and tells him she has killed Alec, the pair decide to _______.

3. Seeing Angel's reaction to her confession, Tess offers to ____.

4. Angel has hung ____ over the marriage bed.

5. When Tess tells Angel about her true past, how does she expect he will react?

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