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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Thornton know that Mr. Thornton's original proposal to Margaret has not gone well?
(a) Margaret tells her.
(b) Her daughter tells her.
(c) She just has a feeling.
(d) The look on his face.

2. What does Bessy's sister ask Margaret to do after Bessy dies?
(a) Give her money.
(b) Hide the body.
(c) View her body.
(d) Bury her on her family's estate.

3. Where does Mr. Bell live?
(a) Hampshire.
(b) Brookview.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Dublin.

4. What caused Mr. Thornton to realize his workers needed a dining room?
(a) A nutritionist who visited the mill.
(b) The picketing workers outside his office.
(c) One of his workers gave him an anonymous note.
(d) A paltry meal he saw Nicholas eating.

5. How does Frederick announce his return to the Hale household?
(a) He rings the doorbell.
(b) He comes home singing his favorite song.
(c) He rings the morning breakfast bell.
(d) He has a messenger deliver a letter.

6. Where does Mrs. Hale die?
(a) At home.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) On Frederick's famous ship.
(d) Outside on the sidewalk.

7. When the novel ends, whom is Margaret embracing?
(a) Mrs. Thornton.
(b) Mr. Lennox.
(c) Mr. Thornton.
(d) Mrs. Lennox.

8. What new role does Margaret play in Mr. Thornton's life after Mr. Bell dies?
(a) She has no new role in his life.
(b) She disappears but sends him a letter pretending she is Mr. Bell every once in a while.
(c) She can lend him money she didn't have before.
(d) She is his new landlady.

9. Who informs Margaret that Bessy has died?
(a) Dr. Donaldson.
(b) Ruthie.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Mr. Thornton.

10. Why does Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Thornton to look after Margaret?
(a) Because shse thinks her husband is an idiot.
(b) Because Margaret has a tendency to disregard the rules.
(c) Because she knows she needs money.
(d) Because she will need a mother.

11. Where does Mr. Hale pass away?
(a) On the train to Mr. Bell's.
(b) At home, in his own bed.
(c) At his wife's gravside.
(d) At Mr. Bell's home.

12. Who does Nicholas throw violently across the room after Bessy dies?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Three police officers.
(c) Mary.
(d) Himself.

13. Who brings all the gossip from Milton to Margaret during a visit?
(a) The tailor.
(b) Mrs. Thornton.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Dixon.

14. How long does Mrs. Hale live after Frederick arrives home?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) She dies that night.
(d) One month.

15. What reminds Mr. Thornton of Margaret during his financial troubles?
(a) A chance encounter with Nicholas on the street.
(b) He keeps having dreams about her.
(c) He sees a story about her in the newspaper.
(d) He sees her from afar during the Saturday morning farmers' market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Bell send for to help take care of Margaret?

2. What are the names of Frederick's children?

3. Who looks after the Boucher children while Mrs. Boucher is ill?

4. Why does Margaret want to see Mr. Thornton after Boucher has died?

5. At the large dinner party with the Lennoxes and Shaws, what does Margaret thank Henry Lennox for?

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