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

2. What does Margaret say to Mr. Thornton about her throwing herself in front of him before the crowd of striking workers?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) That any woman would have done the same thing.
(c) That she would have done the same thing for any man.
(d) That she did not help him because she loves him.

3. What about Margaret takes Mr. Thornton aback during the dinner party?
(a) Her rudeness.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her wit.
(d) Her lack of manners.

4. What does Dr. Donaldson tell Margaret about her mother's health after he visits her for the first time?
(a) That she will get better in three to six months.
(b) That someone is poisoning her.
(c) That she is faking it.
(d) That she is dying.

5. How does Margaret get a message to her brother?
(a) By mail.
(b) Through a homing pigeon.
(c) Through a spy.
(d) She cannot get any messages to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dixon?

2. What does Dr. Donaldson tell Mr. Hale about Margaret and Mrs. Hale's health?

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

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

5. During his first dinner at the Hales' home, what does Mr. Thornton obsess about with Margaret?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Bessy, what happens to people who work in the cotton factory that makes them sick?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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