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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. What is Mrs. Hale jealous of when it comes to Mr. Hale's tutoring?

2. Who is Mr. Bell?

3. What did Mr. Hale expect Margaret to do when Mr. Thornton told his life story during dinner?

4. What gets Margaret noticed upon her arrival in Milton?

5. Who does Mr. Thornton hire to take over for the striking workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margaret prove to Bessy that she indeed knows suffering?

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

3. What does Margaret tell Mr. Thornton his workers have a human right to?

4. Why does Bessy claim that Margaret never has suffered and is likely never to do so in the future?

5. How does Mrs. Thornton feel about living so close to the mill?

6. Why does Mr. Hale ask Margaret to tell Mrs. Hale about their move to Milton?

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

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

9. What first surprises Mr. Thornton about Margaret?

10. Why does Mr. Hale leave his job as a reverend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name and discuss at least 3 instances where religion appears in the text and what message Gaskell is conveying to the reader through these instances.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that the character of Frederick plays in the story of "North and South" and at least 3 unique functions that this character serves within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the scene where Margaret breaks the news to her mother that the family will be moving to Milton. Pay particular attention to the use of foreshadowing, analyzing how what happens during this scene (and between the characters) foreshadows what is to come later in the novel. Use quotations from the text to support your position.

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