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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John use to stave off hunger?

2. Why does Esther want to keep a distance from people?

3. What does Mary hope she will be able to give Jem once she becomes a rich wife?

4. What is a Chartist?

5. What has happened to Esther?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the Bartons at the beginning of the novel?

2. What does Mrs. Barton say Alice should bring with her to tea?

3. What does Will Wilson hope to accomplish when he next sails out?

4. Why does Esther tell Jem she is concerned for Mary?

5. When Alice Wilson invites Mary to tea to meet Margaret, what does Mary do before she goes to Alice's house?

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

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

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

9. What comment do two rude boys make about young Mary Barton in Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist of the novel, Mary Barton. What are her defining character traits and how does she affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Industrial Revolution and its role in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. How does the setting affect the narrative? How would the story have been different if it were set in a different time? Place?

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