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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tess takes a job as a ____ to support her baby.
(a) Thresher.
(b) Cook.
(c) Dairy maid.
(d) Nanny.

2. When her parents still don't come home, what does Tess finally do?
(a) Sends her sister to find them.
(b) Asks a neighbor to go get them.
(c) Locks the other children in the cottage and goes to fetch her parents.
(d) Goes to sleep.

3. Tess receives an offer of work at Tantridge taking care of the _____.
(a) Children.
(b) Goats.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Birds.

4. Tess appears to lose hope in Chapter 13. Why?
(a) She can't find another job.
(b) She hasn't heard from Alec.
(c) She believes no gentleman will ever marry her because she has been 'ruined'.
(d) Her mother is angry with her.

5. Talbothays is located very close to ______.
(a) The ancestral burial grounds of the D'Urbervilles.
(b) Sandbourne.
(c) Kingsbere.
(d) The town of West Clare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Tess decide to do after she's been at the D'Urberville mansion for a few weeks?

2. Why does Tess blame herself for the death of the horse?

3. In Chapter 3, Tess is left in charge of all the younger children. Where have her parents gone?

4. Why does Tess wake up at 2 a.m.?

5. Tess believes she is related to the D'Urbervilles at Tantridge by family ties. What kind of family ties exist between them?

(see the answer key)

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