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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. During the tense argument between Mr. THronton and the Hales during their first dinner together, what does Mr. Hale change the topic to to relieve the tension?
(a) A recent editorial in the newspaper.
(b) His distrust of Parliament.
(c) The English soccer team.
(d) The weather.

2. What is Mrs. Hale jealous of when it comes to Mr. Hale's tutoring?
(a) His ability to leave the house and travel.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) His close relationship with Mr. Thornton.
(d) The money he makes while she is not allowed to work.

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

4. Who comforts Mrs. Hale after she learns she will be moving to Milton?
(a) Edith.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Dixon.

5. What advice does Mrs. Thornton give her daughter about Margaret?
(a) To stick by her, as that girl is going places!
(b) To not become friends with her.
(c) To keep an eye out for her; she seems untrustworthy.
(d) To become friendly so she can steal her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first guests to arrive at the Thorntons' big dinner party?

2. What feelings does Mr. Thornton confess to Margaret after the incident with the striking workers at his home?

3. What kind act has Mary done for Bessy that Margaret sees when she comes for a visit one day?

4. Who is Mr. Thornton?

5. What does Margaret note about Mr. Thornton during the Thorntons' dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Frederick on trial for?

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

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Thornton warn her son about Margaret?

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

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

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

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