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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hale feel about not hearing the news of her move to Milton from her husband directly?
(a) Amused.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Relieved.

2. How does Margaret comfort Bessy when she visits her at home for the first time?
(a) She talks about religion.
(b) She reads her poetry.
(c) She sings softly to her.
(d) She gives her illegal alcohol.

3. Who spends most of the time talking to Fanny during dinner at the Hales'?
(a) Dixon.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Mrs. Hale.

4. What happens to Margaret as a result of her throwing herself in front of Mr. Thornton?
(a) She seriously embarrasses herself and her family.
(b) She breaks her ankle.
(c) She is knocked out from a thrown rock.
(d) Everyone in town starts teasing her terribly.

5. Why does Margaret throw herself in front of Mr. Thornton?
(a) Because she tries to protect him.
(b) She doesn't; she just accidentally trips.
(c) Because she is in love with him.
(d) Because she wants him to run her over.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Mrs. Thornton been out and a part of society?

2. In what city does Aunt Shaw live?

3. What does Margaret confess to her father, after the Thorntons' dinner party, about her opinion of Mr. Thornton?

4. How is the one problem with the house Mr. Hale and Margaret pick out in Milton solved?

5. When the novel opens, where does the Hale family live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bessy claim is the cause for her deteriorating look of health?

2. Why does Margaret feel guilty after Mr. Thornton leaves her home after he confesses his love to her?

3. Why is Margaret happy when the men rejoin the conversation at the Thorntons' big dinner party?

4. What does Nicholas have to say about the people in Milton and religion?

5. How does Margaret react to Mr. Lennox' confession of love for her?

6. Where does Frederick live when the reader first learns about him?

7. What causes Mr. Hale to faint after he returns home from the dinner party at the Thorntons'?

8. Why does Mrs. Hale get so upset about living in Milton?

9. What about Mr. Thornton's life story does Margaret like?

10. What makes Margaret go out in search of household help in Milton when she first arrives?

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