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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 slows the boat for most of the journey?

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

3. What is Jane Wilson's condition when Mary goes to see her at the beginning of Chapter 24?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the Carson sisters?

5. What name does Mary call her Aunt Esther by?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What alibi is found for Jem?

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

8. What evidence is there against Jem in the Carson murder case?

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

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

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

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

Love and romance are used to balance with the serious tone of the workers' struggle with the mill owners. Discuss the romance of Mary and Jem and its purpose in the novel.

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