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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. Who is Mr. Thornton?
(a) Margaret's new private tutor.
(b) The owner of the local mill.
(c) The town reverend.
(d) A weird guy who just wanders around town.

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

3. What does Mr. Thornton challenge the crowd to do to him?
(a) Beat him.
(b) Imitate him.
(c) Pick him up and throw him into the sea.
(d) Join him in a jousting match.

4. Who are the first guests to arrive at the Thorntons' big dinner party?
(a) Bessy.
(b) No one goes to the party because the workers are on strike.
(c) Mr. Hale and Margaret.
(d) Nicholas.

5. Who is Mary?
(a) Bessy's daughter.
(b) Bessy's auntie.
(c) Bessy's sister.
(d) Bessy's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Hales stop for a few days on their way to Milton?

2. During Mr. Lennox' first visit to Margaret in Helstone, what does he bring her?

3. How does Mrs. Hale feel about not hearing the news of her move to Milton from her husband directly?

4. Who does Margaret enjoy hanging out with the most during the Thorntons' dinner party?

5. How does the mob react to Margaret's throwing herself in front of Mr. Thornton?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Mr. Hale leave his job as a reverend?

7. Why does Bessy claim that Margaret never has suffered and is likely never to do so in the future?

8. Why are the Thorntons aghast at Margaret and Mr. Hale's acceptance to their dinner party?

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

10. Why does Margaret run upstairs to cry after she tells her mother they will be moving to Milton?

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