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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Frederick's young new wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) This is a trick question; he has no young new wife.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Angela.

2. Who tells Margaret about her father's death?
(a) Bessy.
(b) Dixon.
(c) Mr. Bell.
(d) Mr. Thornton.

3. What false errand does Margaret apologize for sending Nicholas on?
(a) Trying to get into Mrs. Thornton's dinner party.
(b) Trying to adop the Boucher children.
(c) Asking Mr. Thornton for a job.
(d) Talking to her father about their possibly getting married.

4. Who writes a letter of reference for work for Nicholas?
(a) Mr. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Thornton.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Mr. Thornton.

5. Why does Frederick not contact Margaret when he is in London?
(a) Because he is trying to steal his part of the inheritance.
(b) Because he hates Margaret.
(c) Because he lost Margaret's phone number.
(d) Because he knows people are looking for him.

6. Why does Nicholas ask Mr. Thornton for work?
(a) Because he has a letter of recommendation from Mr. Hale.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Because he is unemployed.
(d) Because Margaret suggested he ask.

7. Who is Leonards?
(a) Margaret's long-lost secret brother.
(b) Mr. Hale's best friend.
(c) A navy pal of Frederick.
(d) Margaret's private tutor.

8. Whom does Mr. Thornton tell first that he must give up his business?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Dixon.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) His mother.

9. During Frederick's first night home, how does the family interact?
(a) Happily.
(b) Cruelly.
(c) Violently.
(d) Silently.

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

11. Why does Mr. Lennox take Margaret to the seaside?
(a) To isolate her from the illness sweeping the country.
(b) To let her get even more depressed.
(c) To keep her away from the people trying to kill her.
(d) To try to win her over.

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

13. Why is Mr. Thornton building a dining room for his workers?
(a) So they stop stealing the chairs he lets them borrow.
(b) So they can eat more and have more energy to work.
(c) So they can enjoy good meals.
(d) So they won't go on strike again.

14. How does Mr. Thornton stop the conversation about Margaret that he has with Mr. Bell on the train?
(a) He hides behind his newspaper.
(b) He gets off, even though it's not his proper stop.
(c) He punches Mr. Bell.
(d) He leaves and goes to another car.

15. Who else sees Margaret at the train station with Frederick?
(a) Mrs. Thornton.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Mr. Thornton.
(d) Mr. Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Thornton accuse Margaret of during the confrontation at Margaret's house after Frederick leaves town?

2. When the novel ends, whom is Margaret embracing?

3. To whom does Margaret finally confess whom she was at the trains station with?

4. Who does Margaret (correctly) guess is making inquiries about Frederick's returning to England after she moves to London?

5. Whom does Mr. Bell think Margaret must have been at the train station with?

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