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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Margaret able to give Mary because of her singing success?
(a) Medicine for her father.
(b) Money.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Tickets to a show.

2. Why does Mary Barton's daughter slap Jem Wilson?
(a) Jem kisses her.
(b) Jem curses.
(c) Jem insults John Barton.
(d) Jem pushes her.

3. Why is John Barton upset when he returns home in Chapter 9?
(a) John has been fired from his job.
(b) The government officials wouldn't hear him out.
(c) The government officials laughed at him.
(d) John was too sick to plead his case in London.

4. What does Alice propose a toast to?
(a) The lady of the house.
(b) A prosperous New Year.
(c) Good health.
(d) Absent friends.

5. Who is Esther?
(a) Mary Barton's sister.
(b) The Barton's nurse.
(c) George Wilson's sister.
(d) The Wilsons' daughter.

6. Who continually accosts Mary on her way to work in Chapter 11?
(a) Henry Carson.
(b) Jeb Wilson.
(c) Will Wilson.
(d) Harry Carson.

7. Who does Jem hit in the street?
(a) Henry Carson.
(b) Will Wilson.
(c) John Barton.
(d) Harry Carson.

8. What does Mrs. Barton ask Alice to bring with her to the Barton's home?
(a) A tea cup.
(b) A song book.
(c) A croquet club.
(d) A cake.

9. What country is "Mary Barton" set in?
(a) England.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

10. What building catches fire in Chapter 5?
(a) The Carsons' mill.
(b) The Carson manor.
(c) The local church.
(d) The Barton home.

11. Who does Esther want to save from following in her footsteps?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Mary.
(c) Alice.
(d) Jane.

12. Jane chastises Mary for not visiting her sooner after which event?
(a) Jem's engagement.
(b) Alice Willson's illness.
(c) George Wilson's death.
(d) Christmas.

13. In Chapter 10, why is it even harder for John to find work?
(a) John is sickly.
(b) John can't get a letter of reference from the Carsons.
(c) The mill owners know John went to the government.
(d) More mills have closed.

14. What affliction does Margaret tell Mary she suffers from?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Dizziness.

15. In Chapter 14, where do we learn Esther opened a shop?
(a) Bath.
(b) Chester.
(c) London.
(d) Liverpool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Barton pawn for money in Chapter 6?

2. What does Job read to John Barton?

3. What city are the Green Hey Fields located outside?

4. Who dies in Chapter 7 of the novel?

5. What is Esther released from in Chapter 14?

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