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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 is Alice's friend Margaret's last name?

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

3. What is the message of Job's reading to John?

4. What has Alice just been doing when she meets Miss Barton?

5. What does John Barton pawn for money in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Jem do to anger young Mary Barton?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Forgiveness is a recurring motif in the novel. What examples of forgiveness can be found, and what compels the characters to forgive others?

Essay Topic 2

The central theme of the novel, "Mary Barton" is the social differences between the rich and the poor. How are they treated in society? What struggles must each class face? Are they at all similar? How do they view one another?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Industrial Revolution and its role in the novel.

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