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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Margaret get a message to her brother?
(a) Through a spy.
(b) Through a homing pigeon.
(c) By mail.
(d) She cannot get any messages to him.

2. Who is Mary?
(a) Bessy's daughter.
(b) Bessy's auntie.
(c) Bessy's mother.
(d) Bessy's sister.

3. What does Margaret think is the first sign of illness in her mother?
(a) Her confusion.
(b) The blisters that develop on her hands.
(c) Her terrible headaches.
(d) Her red cheeks.

4. Where is Mrs. Hale originally from?
(a) London.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Paris.

5. When Mr. Hale begins tutoring in Milton, who is his oldest and best student?
(a) Mr. Thornton.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Mr. Bell.
(d) The reverend's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confesses his love to Margaret after they fetch pears from the garden?

2. What is Dixon professionally trained as?

3. Who is Bessy?

4. Why does the entire Hale household stay up all night after Margaret and Mr. Hale return from the Thorntons' dinner party?

5. What does Mrs. Thornton claim Margaret must do to learn something about life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What first surprises Mr. Thornton about Margaret?

2. Why does Mrs. Hale object so much to living in Helstone?

3. What does Nicholas have to say about the people in Milton and religion?

4. What does Bessy claim is the cause for her deteriorating look of health?

5. What does Mrs. Thornton warn her son about Margaret?

6. Why is Margaret happy when the men rejoin the conversation at the Thorntons' big dinner party?

7. What causes Mr. Hale to faint after he returns home from the dinner party at the Thorntons'?

8. What difference between the northern and southern shopkeepers does Margaret notice in Heston?

9. Where does Frederick live when the reader first learns about him?

10. Why are the Thorntons aghast at Margaret and Mr. Hale's acceptance to their dinner party?

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