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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 36, who says "I think of people more kindly when I am away from them."
(a) Mrs. Durbeyfield.
(b) Alec.
(c) Tess.
(d) Angel.

2. What does Angel buy for Tess, in Chapter 32?
(a) A new house.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Trinkets.
(d) Clothes for the wedding.

3. As Angel is preparing to leave on the train, he gets a telegram telling him what?
(a) His brother Cuthbert is marrying Mercy Chant.
(b) His brother Felix is marrying Mercy Chant.
(c) His brother Cuthbert is marrying the Queen of Spades.
(d) His brother Felix is marrying Mercy Chant.

4. When Alec appears again, in Chapter 47, he blames Tess for ____.
(a) Causing a rift between him and his family.
(b) Driving him into missionary work.
(c) Causing him to lose his faith.
(d) Causing him to become lazy.

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

6. When Tess tells Angel about her true past, how does she expect he will react?
(a) Forgive her.
(b) Divorce her.
(c) Say it doesn't matter.
(d) Be angry.

7. Angel receives another letter, written anonymously by whom?
(a) Rhetty and Izz.
(b) Alec.
(c) Marian and Rhetty.
(d) Marian and Izz.

8. How does Marian react to the marriage?
(a) She gets drunk.
(b) Quits her job and leaves the farm.
(c) She refuses to speak to Tess.
(d) She tries to drown herself.

9. While Tess is traveling through the woods on the journey she takes after learning that Angel asked someone else to go to Brazil with him, what does she find lying on the ground?
(a) A blood-stained cloth.
(b) A pair of boots.
(c) A blood-stained piece of butcher paper.
(d) A key.

10. How long do Tess and Angel spend at the first place they take shelter?
(a) Five days.
(b) One night.
(c) Two days.
(d) Fifteen days.

11. In Chapter 47, Tess tries once more to get Alec to leave her alone. What does she do?
(a) Slaps him on the face with her leather glove.
(b) Tells him she will tell her father that he is bothering her.
(c) Tells him she has rejected religion.
(d) Slaps him in the face with a horse whip.

12. In Chapter 37, what happens during the night?
(a) Tess wakes Angel and begs once more for forgiveness.
(b) Angel wakes Tess and tells her he forgives her.
(c) Angel wakes Tess, wraps her in a shroud, and puts her in a coffin.
(d) Tess leaves the manor and Angel, and starts the journey to her parents' house.

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

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

15. As the family is moving, they encounter ____ and ____.
(a) Alec and his father.
(b) Izz and Rhetty.
(c) Izz and Marian.
(d) Rhetty and Marian.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Angel and Liza Lu leave the prison, they go up on a hill above _____.

2. Tess sends a letter to ____ asking for advice about whether she should tell Angel the truth.

3. Angel reconsiders his attitude towards Tess and his rejection of her, when ___.

4. How does Angel react when Tess confesses her secret?

5. What advice does Tess receive in response to the letter she has sent asking for advice about whether to tell Angel the truth?

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