chapter summary

    Cards (17)

    • What is not working right one morning?
      The butter churn
    • Why do the workers gather around the butter churn?
      Because it is not producing butter
    • Who complains about the lack of good “conjurers”?
      Dairyman Crick
    • What does Mrs. Crick propose as a reason for the churn's malfunction?
      Someone is in love
    • What story does Crick tell about Jack Dollop?
      He hid in the butter churn to escape
    • What happens when the old woman finds Dollop in the churn?
      She turns the churn until he agrees to marry
    • How does Tess feel after hearing Crick's story?
      She feels depressed
    • What does Tess think about the sun after the story?
      It seems ugly to her
    • Who are Tess's roommates mentioned in the text?
      Retty Priddle, Marian, and Izz Huett
    • What do Tess's roommates do at the window?
      They watch someone in the garden
    • What do the roommates eventually admit to each other?
      They are all in love with Angel
    • What does Marian say about their love for Angel?
      It is in vain because Angel likes Tess
    • What does Izz declare about marrying Tess or any of the roommates?
      He won't marry them
    • How do the roommates react after discussing their feelings for Angel?
      They start to cry
    • What does Tess do after her roommates go to bed?
      She lies awake, upset
    • Why does Tess feel unworthy of marrying anyone?
      Because of her past
    • What guilt does Tess feel regarding Angel's attention?
      She feels guilty for drawing attention from purer girls