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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. What does Margaret tell Mr. Hale about Dr. Donaldson's diagnosis of her mother?
(a) That she will not make it through the night.
(b) That she is faking it.
(c) That she just needs a rest.
(d) That she has cancer.

2. What does Margaret ask of her mother when she learns she is sick?
(a) To be allowed to go out more.
(b) To be written into the will.
(c) To inherit her jewelry.
(d) To be her nurse.

3. From where is Margaret initially watching Mr. Thornton address the striking workers outside of his home?
(a) From behind the front door.
(b) From the street.
(c) From the attic.
(d) From the crowd.

4. Who is Dr. Donaldson?
(a) The doctor who everyone thinks has gone mad.
(b) The doctor interested in dating Margaret.
(c) The doctor recommended by Mrs. Thornton to Mr. Hale.
(d) The doctor charged with giving everyone flu shots.

5. What does Nicholas smoke?
(a) Pipes.
(b) This is a trick question; he doesn't smoke.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Hookahs.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street does Aunt Shaw live?

2. Who confesses his love to Margaret after they fetch pears from the garden?

3. What does Margaret think is the first sign of illness in her mother?

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

5. Where is Frederick Hale living when the novel opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Thornton feel about living so close to the mill?

3. What does Margaret tell Mr. Thornton his workers have a human right to?

4. Why does Mrs. Hale object so much to living in Helstone?

5. Why is Dixon in a panic when Mr. Hale and Margaret return from the Thorntons' big dinner party?

6. Why does Mr. Hale ask Margaret to tell Mrs. Hale about their move to Milton?

7. How does Margaret prove to Bessy that she indeed knows suffering?

8. What first surprises Mr. Thornton about Margaret?

9. Whom does Mrs. Thornton accuse Mr. Thornton of needing to protect him?

10. What causes the striking workers to head to the Thornton household to protest?

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