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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tess catches up with Angel and tells him she has killed Alec, the pair decide to _______.
(a) Hide in the woods until the search for Tess is called off.
(b) Go to Tantridge so Tess can turn herself in.
(c) Run away to Brazil.
(d) Return to Sandbourne.

2. Who tells Tess about the farm at Flintcomb Ash, and that she might find work there?
(a) Marian.
(b) Mrs. Crick.
(c) Rhetty.
(d) Izz.

3. In Marlott, Angel discovers what?
(a) The burial plot of Tess's sister.
(b) The burial plot of Tess's mother.
(c) The burial plot of Tess's baby.
(d) The burial plot of Tess's father.

4. Angel finally learns that Tess is where?
(a) Brazil, looking for him.
(b) Tantridge.
(c) Sandbourne.
(d) With his parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the murder of Alec, Tess and Angel take shelter where?

3. Who does Tess learn is responsible for the change in Alec?

4. In Chapter 48 who arrives with news for Tess?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Several individuals are instrumental in changing Angel's attitude towards Tess during their estrangement. Describe what they do, and Angel's reaction to this.

2. What is the significance of the scene at Stonehenge?

3. Describe the scene on the day of Tess's death.

4. In Chapter 38 when Tess arrives at her parents' house after having left Angel, what lie does she tell? Why?

5. Who turns up in Flintcomb Ash with a message for Tess? What is the message?

6. When Angel learns that Tess is at Sandbourne and has taken the name Mrs. D'Urberville, what does he think?

7. In Chapter 34, Tess finally feels safe in telling Angel the truth. What has made her finally feel sure he will forgive her?

8. What new disaster befalls the Durbeyfields in Chapter 49?

9. When Tess tells Angel that she has killed Alec, what justification does she give?

10. In Chapter 41, Tess encounters some dying pheasants on her way to Flintcomb Ash. What is the significance of the pheasants?

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