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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informs the Carson sisters of their brother's murder?
(a) Their nurse.
(b) Their father.
(c) Their tutor.
(d) Their uncle.

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

3. Who suggests that Mary hire a boat to catch up with Will?
(a) Jimmy Jones.
(b) Orson Jones.
(c) Fred Jones.
(d) Charley Jones.

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

5. Of who is it said that writing is "a way of ticketing specimens; not of expressing thoughts"?
(a) Job Legh.
(b) Jem Wilson.
(c) Jane Wilson.
(d) Henry Carson.

6. What name does Mary call her Aunt Esther by?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Hetty.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Esther.

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

8. What does Mary admit in her testimony?
(a) That she loves Jem.
(b) The she killed Harry Carson.
(c) That her father killed Harry Carson.
(d) That she loved Harry Carson.

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

10. On what condition will Miss Simmonds welcome Mary back to her seamstress job?
(a) On the condition that Mary take a pay cut.
(b) On the condition that Mary behaves herself.
(c) On the condition that Mary ends her association with Jem.
(d) On the condition that Mary gets married.

11. What do Margaret and Mary observe about Alice when they visit her in Chapter 19?
(a) Alice cannot speak properly.
(b) Alice is talking to herself.
(c) Alice seems to think she is a child.
(d) Alice is improving, but still has a long way to go.

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

13. Who does Mary think the woman at her door at the end of Chapter 20 is?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Jane Wilson.
(d) An old friend.

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

15. How is the house that Mary is taken to described in Chapter 31?
(a) Tidy.
(b) Old-fashioned.
(c) Small.
(d) Eerie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Jones?

2. What does Mary lose from her pocket upon returning to the shore in Chapter 28?

3. Why would the boat that Mary rode NOT return to the same pier?

4. Whose name is written on the wad of paper Esther finds in the hedge?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the Carson sisters?

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