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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of money, what does Mary offer two sailors as pay?
(a) Her ring.
(b) Her shawl.
(c) Her watch.
(d) Her hat.

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

3. What slows the boat for most of the journey?
(a) The water is rough.
(b) The wind is against the boat.
(c) There is not enough manpower.
(d) The sail is damaged.

4. 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 Jane can rest some more.
(c) So that Jane won't have to testify at Jem's trial.
(d) So that Mary can save Jem on her own.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the Carson sisters?
(a) Amy.
(b) Emma.
(c) Helen.
(d) Sophy.

6. How is Harry Carson murdered?
(a) Harry is strangled.
(b) Harry is shot.
(c) Harry is stabbed.
(d) Harry is drowned.

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

8. Where does Mary say she has no intention to return to in Chapter 25?
(a) To Manchester.
(b) To Miss Simmonds'.
(c) To England.
(d) To her father's home.

9. Where does Jem suggest that he and Mary might immigrate to?
(a) Canada.
(b) India.
(c) Australia.
(d) America.

10. What information does Jem decide not to share with John Barton?
(a) That Mary is very ill.
(b) That he and Mary are married.
(c) That Margaret has died.
(d) The Mary is emigrating.

11. How does Mary travel to Liverpool?
(a) By carriage.
(b) By train.
(c) By horseback.
(d) By boat.

12. Where does Mary find bullets and a package of gun powder?
(a) On the back porch.
(b) In her father's drawer.
(c) Her father's coat pocket.
(d) In the cellar.

13. Who is arrested for Harry Carson's murder?
(a) Jem Wilson.
(b) Mary Barton.
(c) Henry Carson.
(d) John Barton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a policeman drop off at Mary's house?

2. How does Jane feel about her son's affection for Mary?

3. In Chapter 31, rather than sleep at night, what does Mary do?

4. What is Jane Wilson's condition when Mary goes to see her at the beginning of Chapter 24?

5. What chore is Mrs. Jones carrying out when Job visits her home?

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