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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first woodworking gift Will gives to Anna?

2. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?

3. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?

4. When does Ursula feel the most secure, warm, and happy?

5. What does everyone at the wedding party get excited over, shouting and applauding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tom's reaction when Anna hysterically screams that he is not her father?

2. Explain the relationship between Lydia and Tom after two years of marriage.

3. Describe the relationship of William and Anna as the days go on.

4. Why do eleven of the men from the wedding party go to Anna and William's cottage?

5. Explain how Anna views her relationship with her cousin, William.

6. Explain William's relationship with Ursula after the birth of Gudrun.

7. Describe Anna's emotions as her parents build a life together.

8. Describe the toast Tom gives at Anna's wedding party?

9. What is it that finally allows Anna to give up her adventurous spirit and wonder of life?

10. Describe the hatred that grows in seventeen-year-old, Anna, toward her mother.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze Ursula's coming of age throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does she experience as he grows from childhood to adulthood?

3) How does her outlook on life, education, and love change as she develops from a young girl into a woman?

4) Cite examples of the character changes in Ursula throughout her life.

Essay Topic 2

1) What are some of the differences between Anna's view of religion and William's religious beliefs?

2) What effect do the two different viewpoints of religion have on each of the characters?

3) Using examples from the novel, explain how they support or condemn each others religious beliefs?

Essay Topic 3

1) Interpret the feelings Anna and William have for each other when they begin their relationship.

2) Are their emotions authentic? Explain.

3) Are they truthful with each other? Explain.

4) Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, after they are married.

5) What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?

6) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?

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