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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Carson refuse to do until his son's killer is sentenced?
(a) Smile or laugh.
(b) Drink a drop of alcohol.
(c) Bury Harry.
(d) Reopen the factory.

2. Why does Mary ask a doctor to declare Jane Wilson unfit to travel?
(a) So that Mary does not have to travel with Jane.
(b) So that Mary can save Jem on her own.
(c) So that Jane won't have to testify at Jem's trial.
(d) So that Jane can rest some more.

3. Where are the sons of the old boatman?
(a) Sailing to China and the Baltic.
(b) Staying with relatives in Bath.
(c) Sailing to America.
(d) Working in London.

4. What does the young boy that Mary runs into in the street beg her for?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Shoes.

5. What does Mary suffer at the beginning of Chapter 33?
(a) A feverish illness.
(b) Being scolded by boiling water.
(c) Pnemonia.
(d) Being trampled by a horse.

6. Why would the boat that Mary rode NOT return to the same pier?
(a) The tide is affecting where they can anchor.
(b) The crew do not want to return to that pier.
(c) The boat's original pier is down the lake.
(d) An American steamer anchored close to it.

7. What does Jem ask his mother for before he returns to Liverpool?
(a) Money.
(b) A shawl for Mary.
(c) A sandwich for the trip.
(d) A blessing.

8. Where does Mrs. Jones say Will has gone?
(a) Will has sailed out.
(b) Will has returned to Manchester.
(c) Will has left for London.
(d) Will has run off without informing anyone.

9. Who recommends that Mary be the one to track down Will Wilson?
(a) Mary.
(b) Job.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Jane.

10. In Chapter 31, rather than sleep at night, what does Mary do?
(a) Writes a letter.
(b) Cries.
(c) Stares out a window.
(d) Reads a book.

11. Who does Jem learn is dying in Chapter 33?
(a) Alice Wilson.
(b) His mother.
(c) Henry Carson.
(d) Job Legh.

12. What does Henry Carson offer as a reward for the capture of his son's murderer?
(a) Four thousand pounds.
(b) One thousand pounds.
(c) Five hundred pounds.
(d) Two thousand pounds.

13. In Liverpool, to where does Mary ask directions from a police officer?
(a) To Wine-Lodge Yard.
(b) To Milk-House Yard.
(c) To Water-Shed Yard.
(d) To Rum-Barn Yard.

14. What does Mary lose from her pocket upon returning to the shore in Chapter 28?
(a) The card which told her where to meet her friends.
(b) Some money.
(c) A letter from Jem.
(d) Her lucky charm.

15. Where is Harry Carson murdered?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In the street.
(c) In his house.
(d) In the factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pier does Mary depart from on the boat to take her to the John Cooper?

2. Where does Jem suggest that he and Mary might immigrate to?

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

4. What information does Jem decide not to share with John Barton?

5. What lie does Job tell Jane about Mary in Chapter 30?

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