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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom feel as he watches his wife in the pain of childbirth?
(a) His heart is tortured, yet he is at peace.
(b) He is indifferent to her moans of pain.
(c) He just wants it to be over.
(d) He wishes they weren't having a baby.

2. How does Lydia emerge from her indifference, becoming a new person?
(a) She lives through her daughter.
(b) She falls in love with the vicar.
(c) She meets Tom Brangwen in Cossethay.
(d) She decides to move back to Poland.

3. How does Tom feel about his new son?
(a) He loves his son more than his step-daughter, Anna.
(b) He wishes he had a baby girl instead.
(c) He adores his new son and wants to hold him constantly.
(d) He loves Anna more than his own son.

4. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?
(a) Tom angrily undresses Anna, putting her in her nightdress himself.
(b) Tom cuddles with Anna, saying she is a good girl.
(c) Tom spanks Anna, telling her to stop crying.
(d) Tom tells Tilly to let Anna go to bed in her clothes.

5. Where does Tom take Anna as she hysterically cries for her mother?
(a) He takes her in the quiet, warm barn to feed the cows.
(b) He takes her to her mother.
(c) He takes her to her bed, demanding that she stop crying.
(d) He takes her to the kitchen for a glass of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's attitude toward his own life while his wife is miserable?

2. What is Tom's reaction to Lydia after they are married and the guests leave?

3. What is Tom's reaction when Mrs. Lensky agrees to marry him?

4. How does Anna react as she sits at the bar while Tom goes to sell his cow at the cattle market?

5. Who does Tom believe he is destined to marry?

(see the answer key)

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