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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 Mary suffer at the beginning of Chapter 33?

2. Of who is it said that writing is "a way of ticketing specimens; not of expressing thoughts"?

3. Who does Jane Wilson blame for Harry Carson's death?

4. What is the name of Will Wilson's ship?

5. What impression does Mr. Bridgenorth get from meeting Jem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary offer the sailors in order to hire a boat?

2. Who does Jane blame for Jem's arrest?

3. How has Alice Wilson's stroke affected her, and who cares for her?

4. What is Mary's first thought when she sees her father after returning from Liverpool?

5. How do the Sturgis' try to revive Mary when she faints at their house?

6. Where does Mary look for Will when she reaches Liverpool?

7. What lie does Job tell Jane Wilson in Chapter 30?

8. Why does Jem leave Mary to return to Manchester?

9. Why does Sally Leadbitter say Mary should rethink giving up her job?

10. Why does Margaret tell her grandfather that Mary should be the one to search for Will?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Industrial Revolution and its role in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Rebellion is a recurring motif of the novel "Mary Barton". Discuss rebellion in the novel and what causes the characters to rebel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the work of the author, Elizabeth Gaskell, and determine how this novel compares to her other works.

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