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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tess's parents ask Tess for money. What is the reason they give for needing the money?
(a) Buy more goats and chickens.
(b) Repair the cottage roof.
(c) Pay for her brother's schooling.
(d) Repair the outhouse roof.

2. In Chapter 49, who does Tess learn has died?
(a) Mr. Crick.
(b) Angel.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

3. When Tess catches up with Angel and tells him she has killed Alec, the pair decide to _______.
(a) Go to Tantridge so Tess can turn herself in.
(b) Hide in the woods until the search for Tess is called off.
(c) Run away to Brazil.
(d) Return to Sandbourne.

4. In the morning, after the scene in the graveyard, Tess and Angel travel to _____.
(a) His parents' home.
(b) Sandbourne.
(c) Marlott.
(d) Talbothays.

5. After Tess and Angel part, and Angel returns home, his parents are curious because Tess is not with him. Angel tells his parents that he doesn't want them to meet Tess yet because she is _____.
(a) Not educated enough yet.
(b) Pregnant.
(c) A liar.
(d) Unchaste.

6. Who tells Tess about the farm at Flintcomb Ash, and that she might find work there?
(a) Mrs. Crick.
(b) Rhetty.
(c) Izz.
(d) Marian.

7. Angel wakes one morning to find that he and Tess are surrounded by ____ men.
(a) Twenty three.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eleven.

8. With what quote does Hardy end the tale?
(a) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slumbered on in their tombs unknowing."
(b) "[T]he King of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing."
(c) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing."
(d) "[T]he President of the Immortals, . . . had ended his sport with Tess. And the D'Urberville lords and ladies slept on in their tombs unknowing."

9. What does Alec tell Tess in Chapter 47, when she refuses him yet again?
(a) That she is his slave and always will be.
(b) That he is going to Africa to forget her.
(c) That he is her master, and always will be.
(d) That he thinks she is being foolish.

10. In Marlott, Angel discovers what?
(a) The burial plot of Tess's mother.
(b) The burial plot of Tess's sister.
(c) The burial plot of Tess's father.
(d) The burial plot of Tess's baby.

11. Tess and Angel pass through Stonehenge, which is also known as _____.
(a) Temple of the Cross.
(b) Temple of the Winds.
(c) Pagan Winds.
(d) Winds of the Cross.

12. When Angel finally finds Tess, he is surprised by the ____ surroundings she is living in.
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Run-down.
(c) Dilapidated.
(d) Austere.

13. In the last scene of the book, what do Angel and Liza Lu do?
(a) Plan a memorial service for Tess.
(b) Walk away hand in hand.
(c) Walk away in different directions.
(d) Go back to the prison to take possession of the flag.

14. Alec insists Tess swear by a stone monument that she will not tempt him again. What is the monument?
(a) A tombstone.
(b) A crucifix.
(c) A Cross.
(d) A stone chapel.

15. What does Tess find out from Marian?
(a) That Angel asked Rhetty to go away with him.
(b) That Angel asked Izz to go away with him.
(c) That Angel asked Car Darch to go away with him.
(d) That Angel asked Liza Lu to go away with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tess learn about the significance of the monument?

2. Alec prepares a surprise for Tess for after their marriage. What?

3. In Chapter 36, who says "I think of people more kindly when I am away from them."

4. When Tess tells Angel about her true past, how does she expect he will react?

5. Seeing Angel's reaction to her confession, Tess offers to ____.

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