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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. Who does Jem learn is dying in Chapter 33?

2. On what condition will Miss Simmonds welcome Mary back to her seamstress job?

3. Who is Mrs. Jones?

4. What does Sally ask Mary about her trip to Liverpool?

5. Who does Mary think the woman at her door at the end of Chapter 20 is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esther find at the scene of the Carson murder?

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

3. Why does Mary want the doctor to declare Jane too sick to travel?

4. How does Esther hide the truth about her living situation from Mary when she visits her?

5. How is Harry Carson murdered and where is the murder weapon found?

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

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

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

9. What alibi is found for Jem?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Generosity is a recurring motif in the novel "Mary Barton". Discuss the characters and their generosity in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The murder of a mill owner in the story is based on the real murder of a factory owner in 1831 Manchester. Compare and contrast the real story with the fictional story in the novel "Mary Barton".

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