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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. What does Will Wilson do for a living?
(a) Will is a dyer.
(b) Will is a writer.
(c) Will is a sailor.
(d) Will is a shoemaker.

2. Where does the Davenport family live?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A house.
(c) A cellar.
(d) A boarding house.

3. What do John's neighbors describe as "th' ruin of poor folk"?
(a) Machines.
(b) Short winter days.
(c) Landlords.
(d) The rich.

4. In Chapter 11, who does Mary begin to ignore at work?
(a) Miss Simmonds.
(b) Margaret Jennings.
(c) Alice Wilson.
(d) Sally Leadbitter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which important people hold a meeting in Chapter 16?

2. Who is Sally Leadbitter?

3. In Chapter 8, what does John fear Jane Wilson will die from?

4. In Chapter 10, why is it even harder for John to find work?

5. Where does Harry Carson first see Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Barton help the Davenport family?

2. What serious measure do the Charists decide to take in Chapter 16?

3. What happens when Mrs. Barton goes into labor in Chapter 3?

4. Why is John Barton upset upon his return from London?

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

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

7. Why is Mrs. Barton upset in the first two chapters of the novel?

8. What resolution do Mr. Barton and his daughter make after Mrs. Barton's death?

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

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

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