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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thomasin tell Clym?
(a) She is having difficulties with her husband.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) What passed between his mother and his wife.
(d) She is keeping his portion of the inheritance.

2. Why are the locals working on this?
(a) They want to grow more crops.
(b) They are preparing for the next May Day.
(c) It is a wedding gift for Thomasin and Diggory.
(d) The store will bring travellers into town.

3. How does Thomasin surprise Clym?
(a) She says she is moving to Paris.
(b) She tells him she does not love him.
(c) She asks if it would be proper for her to marry Diggory.
(d) She asks him to marry her first.

4. In what is Thomasin intrigued?
(a) The identity of the girl that captured Diggory's heart.
(b) Whether he likes her or not.
(c) Why Diggory is in town.
(d) The purpose of the maypole.

5. How does Diggory confirm his belief?
(a) He goes to Thomasin.
(b) He asks Eustacia how she is feeling.
(c) He goes to the inn to see if Wildeve had been there.
(d) He talks to Clym about his marriage.

6. How does Eustacia tell Damon she is ready to leave?
(a) She goes to meet him at the inn.
(b) She calls him.
(c) She cries out to him.
(d) She is gives him the signal.

7. How does Clym feel about his mother's death?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Sad and unsure about the future.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Heartbroken and partly to blame.

8. Who arrives at Blooms-End?
(a) Thomasin.
(b) Diggory.
(c) Wildeve.
(d) Eustacia.

9. Why is Eustacia uncomfortable about joining a group?
(a) She does not know anyone.
(b) She cannot find the woman who invited her.
(c) She does not know how to dance.
(d) Her husband is not there.

10. Who arrives to help?
(a) Thomasin.
(b) Captain Vye.
(c) Diggory.
(d) Johnny.

11. Why does Wildeve withdraw from Eustacia?
(a) He is not interested in her.
(b) He is feeling guilty.
(c) To try to avoid detection.
(d) He is in danger.

12. When are Eustacia and Wildeve's feeling rekindled?
(a) As they dance.
(b) While watching others dance.
(c) At the beverage table.
(d) On the walk home after the dance.

13. What does Damon do when Thomasin questions him about his whereabouts?
(a) He becomes shy
(b) He says nothing.
(c) He cries.
(d) He becomes agitated.

14. How does Clym react to the news about Eustacia?
(a) He goes after her.
(b) He goes to his room and slams the door shut.
(c) He sits down and cries.
(d) He goes home and tries to forget all about her.

15. What does Thomasin wistfully ask Diggory?
(a) Why she married Damon.
(b) If he knows a way to keep her husband home in the evenings.
(c) If he still loves her.
(d) What she should do about her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career change has Diggory made?

2. Who do Eustacia and Wildeve see as they walk back to the heath?

3. How does Venn try to scare Damon?

4. Where is Clym waiting?

5. Why does Clym never thank his mother for the inheritance money?

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