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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 brings all the gossip from Milton to Margaret during a visit?
(a) The tailor.
(b) Dixon.
(c) Mrs. Thornton.
(d) Bessy.

2. What false errand does Margaret apologize for sending Nicholas on?
(a) Asking Mr. Thornton for a job.
(b) Trying to get into Mrs. Thornton's dinner party.
(c) Talking to her father about their possibly getting married.
(d) Trying to adop the Boucher children.

3. Who convinces Nicholas not to move to the South?
(a) Mr. Hale.
(b) Mr. Thornton.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Nicholas himself.

4. Who helps Dixon out quite a bit after all of the Hales move from Milton?
(a) Mr. Hale.
(b) Mr. Thornton.
(c) Bessy.
(d) Mrs. Thornton.

5. How does Mrs. Boucher react to the news that her husband is dead?
(a) She is overcome with joy.
(b) She becomes violently angry.
(c) She faints.
(d) She won't believe it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hale feel about her son's return to the Hale house?

2. Where does Frederick plan to go after fleeing Milton (after Mrs. Hale dies)?

3. Who tells a police officer that Margaret was at the train station with a young man?

4. Why does Nicholas ask Mr. Thornton for work?

5. Why does Margaret not settle well into London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret lie to the police inspector?

2. Why is Dixon in a panic when she comes to visit Margaret after Mrs. Hale's death?

3. What does Mrs. Thornton think of the possibility of Mr. Thornton's marrying Margaret?

4. How does Margaret respond to learning that she is the heiress to Mr. Bell's sizable fortune?

5. What causes the police inspector to be suspicious of Margaret?

6. Why is Mr. Hale not happy when his son returns home?

7. What does the dying Mrs. Hale ask Mrs. Thornton to do?

8. Who organizes and gets rid of Mr. Hale's belongings?

9. Why is Mr. Lennox able to take Margaret on a vacation to the seaside?

10. What does Mr. Hale complain about right before he dies?

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