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North and South Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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 wrote "North and South"
(a) Eleanor Gaskell.
(b) Edward Gaskell.
(c) Edmund Gaskell.
(d) Elizabeth Gaskell.

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

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

4. Why does the entire Hale household stay up all night after Margaret and Mr. Hale return from the Thorntons' dinner party?
(a) To keep watch over Mr. Hale.
(b) To keep guard against intruders.
(c) To wait for Mr. Thornton to arrive and propose to Margaret.
(d) To catch up on gossip.

5. Who is Bessy?
(a) A young woman Margaret wants to become friends with.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) The daughter of Mr. Higgins.
(d) Someone who is very ill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During dinner with Mr. Thornton at their home, who admits to not liking the dirty air in Milton?

3. What do Margaret and Mr. Hale talk about during their walk back from the Thorntons' dinner party?

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

5. What does the Hale household decide about a water bed and Mrs. Hale?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What difference between the northern and southern shopkeepers does Margaret notice in Heston?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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