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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. After learning the identity of his son's murderer, what does Henry Carson do?

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

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

4. Where does Mary find bullets and a package of gun powder?

5. How is the house that Mary is taken to described in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mary stay up all night doing at the Sturgis' house?

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

7. How does Mary end up going home with one of the sailors?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of the novel "Mary Barton"? Why? Support your response with ample evidence from the text.

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