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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of the book, what does Mrs. Barton send her daughter to buy?
(a) Tea.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

2. Who does Alice never see again after moving to Manchester?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

4. What ails John Barton in Chapter 12?
(a) A drug addiction.
(b) A spranged ankle.
(c) A burst eardrum.
(d) A broken leg.

5. What does Job Legh have a passion for collecting?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Books.
(c) Bottles.
(d) Insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther work as to make money?

2. What does a policeman tell Jem isn't worth fighting for?

3. What does Margaret tell Mary that Jem was able to sell?

4. Why does Mary Barton's daughter slap Jem Wilson?

5. What does Alice propose a toast to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does the burning of the Carson mill have on the mill's workers?

2. What job does Mary find and how is she compensated for her work?

3. What happens to the Wilson twins in Chapter 7?

4. How does John Barton help the Davenport family?

5. What happens when John Barton runs into his sister-in-law Esther in the street?

6. When Jem Wilson visits the Bartons at the beginning of Chapter 8, how does Mary treat him?

7. What organization has John Barton joined in Chapter 15?

8. How does Mary react to Jem Wilson's marriage proposal?

9. What message do John's neighbors tell him to share in London?

10. How does the author describe the factory girls at the Green Hey Fields?

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