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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 29 who tells a story that influences Tess greatly?
(a) Tess's mother.
(b) Mrs. Crick.
(c) Angel.
(d) Dairyman Crick.

2. Where do Angel's parents live?
(a) Vale of Froom.
(b) Sandbourne.
(c) Emminister.
(d) Marlott.

3. What does Angel threaten to do if Tess still refuses his proposals?
(a) Ask her parents for her hand.
(b) Marry Mercy Chant.
(c) Marry Marian.
(d) Leave Talbothays.

4. Who meets Tess and shows her around Tantridge?
(a) Alec D'Uberville.
(b) Angel.
(c) The milkmaids.
(d) Her elderly aunt.

5. Where does Angel finally confess his love for Tess?
(a) In the pasture.
(b) In the barn.
(c) At dinner.
(d) On a moonlit walk.

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

7. How old is Tess when she goes to Talbothays?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twenty-three.

8. When her parents do not return from the pub, who does Tess send after them to bring them home?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Tom.
(c) Joan.
(d) Eliza-Louisa.

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

10. Who does Angel's family want him to marry?
(a) Mercy Chant.
(b) Tess.
(c) Eliza-Louisa.
(d) The Queen of Spades.

11. What does the parson tell Mr. Durbeyfield?
(a) That Mr. Durbeyfield has won a small fortune.
(b) That Mr. Durbeyfield's house is on fire.
(c) That Mr. Durbeyfield is related to the D'Urbervilles.
(d) That he thinks it is going to rain.

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

13. Which character, introduced in Chapter 10, picks on Tess?
(a) The police officer.
(b) The dark-haired milkmaid.
(c) The Queen of Spades.
(d) Angel's brother.

14. What is Tess's mother's response when she hears about the sexual encounter between Tess and Alec?
(a) She is angry at Alec for hurting Tess.
(b) She doesn't believe Tess.
(c) She tells Tess that it is her own fault.
(d) She is angry that Tess didn't force Alec to marry her.

15. Why does Tess blame herself for the death of the horse?
(a) She caused the accident that resulted in the horse being killed.
(b) She thinks she shouldn't have taken the horse out in the dark.
(c) She thinks if she hadn't fallen asleep, she could have prevented the accident.
(d) Her father tells her it is her fault.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 25 Angel decides to go back to his parents' home. Why?

2. In Chapter 23, what do Tess and the other dairymaids encounter on the way to church?

3. What plan does Tess's mother come up with to help the family?

4. What is Tess's reaction to the job offer at Tantridge?

5. In the story that is recounted in Chapter 29, who is the main male character?

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