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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Harby give to Ursula on her last day of school?
(a) Two books of poetry, signed by all the teachers
(b) A Bible
(c) A new pen
(d) A dictionary

2. How does Ursula manage to keep order in her classroom?
(a) She is outgoing and friendly
(b) She offers extra help to students.
(c) She canes the insolent students.
(d) She reasons with the offending students.

3. Why does Maggie feel betrayed when Ursula spends time with Anthony?
(a) Maggie thinks they are talking behind her back.
(b) Maggie is jealous of the attention Anthony gives to Ursula.
(c) Maggie and Anthony are at odds with one another.
(d) Maggie wants to spend more time with Ursula.

4. What conclusion does Ursula come to about men and love?
(a) There are many men to love, not just one
(b) No one is ever really in love
(c) Men do not love, only dominate
(d) A woman can love only one man

5. What is Ursula's secret weapon toward independence if her studies do not work out?
(a) Being a woman
(b) Having a tutor
(c) Starting a seamstress business
(d) Hiring someone to take the exam for her

6. What question torments Ursula as she enters womanhood?
(a) Who will she marry?
(b) What will she do with her life?
(c) How many children will she have?
(d) Will she be a good wife?

7. Why is Ursula consumed with a fear of herself when she and Anton are in the cornstacks after the wedding?
(a) She is afraid she won't be good enough for Anton.
(b) She is afraid of what she might do.
(c) She is afraid she will say something foolish.
(d) She has broken Anton, abating his fire.

8. Ursula resigns herself to teaching until she can do what?
(a) Find other employment
(b) Get married
(c) Go to college
(d) Take over the farm

9. What is Ursula's view on school and forcing children to learn?
(a) She thinks it is a wonderful opportunity for children
(b) She feels it is necessary.
(c) She feels it is unnatural and stupid.
(d) She thinks it is useful in the world.

10. What does Anton write in a letter to Ursula after he goes back to the army?
(a) He wants to marry her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He might have to go to war in South Africa.
(d) He doesn't want to see her anymore.

11. Why does 11-year-old Ursula find it a bother to be the eldest of six children?
(a) Because she has to cook every meal
(b) Because she has to homeschool her siblings
(c) Because she has to take three of the six children to school
(d) Because she has to wash everyone's clothes

12. How does Ursula feel as she waits for Anton to come home?
(a) Helpless
(b) Liberated
(c) Unemotional
(d) Detached

13. How does Lydia see herself when she is married to Paul Lensky?
(a) As her own being
(b) As a free spirit
(c) As a slave to him
(d) As an empowered woman

14. Why does Ursula enjoy staying at Belcote with Maggie's family?
(a) It is good to get away from home.
(b) She and Maggie catch up on old times.
(c) She is treated like a lady by Maggie's brothers.
(d) She enjoys working in Maggie's garden.

15. Why is Lydia thankful to Tom for the life he gave her?
(a) Because he gave her all the money she needed
(b) Because she was secure in his dominance
(c) Because he let her live in his shadow
(d) Because he let her be herself

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ursula's first impression of Mr. Skrebensky?

2. What does Anton believe Ursula wants to do to him, even though they are lovers?

3. How does Ursula view college as she sits in the lecture hall for her first class?

4. What does Ursula feel after her first kiss with Skrebensky?

5. What do Winifred and Ursula do when they are at the bungalow?

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