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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 Esther pawn her clothing to purchase?

2. Who is Mrs. Jones?

3. Where does Mary wait at the courthouse?

4. Why does Sally Leadbitter go to Mary's house in Chapter 25?

5. For what service does Mary earn a little bit of money in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alibi is found for Jem?

2. How does Mary realize that her father is the true murderer?

3. What effect does the summons to testify against her son have on Jane Wilson?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Charley Jones clarify about the John Cropper sailing out?

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

Discuss the Industrial Revolution and its role in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

A number of the working class characters of the novel "Mary Barton" strive to raise their social status. Discuss who does this and how they go about doing so.

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