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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary find bullets and a package of gun powder?

2. How does Mary travel to Liverpool?

3. Which of the following do the old boatman and his wife NOT use to try to revive Mary from fainting?

4. In Chapter 31, rather than sleep at night, what does Mary do?

5. After Mary's boat has reached the John Cropper, how does Will say he will return to shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary stay up all night doing at the Sturgis' house?

2. How is Harry Carson murdered and where is the murder weapon found?

3. How do the Sturgis' try to revive Mary when she faints at their house?

4. What does Mary offer the sailors in order to hire a boat?

5. What does Jem ask of Job in the letter he writes him?

6. Why does Margaret tell her grandfather that Mary should be the one to search for Will?

7. How does Esther hide the truth about her living situation from Mary when she visits her?

8. Who does Jane blame for Jem's arrest?

9. How does Mary realize that her father is the true murderer?

10. What alibi is found for Jem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love and romance are used to balance with the serious tone of the workers' struggle with the mill owners. Discuss the romance of Mary and Jem and its purpose in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Death is a recurring motif in the novel "Mary Barton". Discuss the deaths in the novel. What purpose do they serve? Why would Gaskell feature so many deaths in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of the novel "Mary Barton"? Why? Support your response with ample evidence from the text.

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