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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 has happened to Esther?
(a) Esther has emigrated.
(b) Esther has disappeared.
(c) Esther has had a baby.
(d) Esther has married.

2. Who employs Mary?
(a) Mrs. Fergusson.
(b) Mr. Carson.
(c) Mr. Duncombe.
(d) Miss Simmonds.

3. What does Margaret tell Mary that Jem was able to sell?
(a) The Wilson's house.
(b) A manuscript.
(c) Some bonds.
(d) An invention.

4. What does Job read to John Barton?
(a) A letter from Esther.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) The bible.
(d) A poem.

5. What happens to Mrs. Barton in the time it takes her husband to return from fetching the doctor?
(a) Mrs. Barton dies.
(b) Mrs. Barton gives birth.
(c) Mrs. Barton loses consciousness.
(d) Mrs. Barton recovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John use to stave off hunger?

2. What does Mr. Wilson ask Henry Carson for in Chapter 6?

3. How old is Mr. and Mrs. Barton's daughter at the beginning of the novel?

4. In Chapter 11, who does Mary begin to ignore at work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Job Legh tell about going to London?

2. How does John Barton help the Davenport family?

3. According to the story she told Jem, what happened in Esther's life since she disappeared years earlier?

4. What advice does Margaret offer Mary about her feelings for Jem?

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

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

7. In Chapter 10, what does Jane Wilson tell Mary about her son Jem's plans?

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

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

10. What impedes John Barton's ability to find work in Chapter 10?

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