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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. Why is Mr. Thornton building a dining room for his workers?
(a) So they won't go on strike again.
(b) So they can enjoy good meals.
(c) So they can eat more and have more energy to work.
(d) So they stop stealing the chairs he lets them borrow.

2. Why is Mr. Thornton struggling with his business?
(a) Both of these answers are correct.
(b) Neither of these answers is correct.
(c) Because he spent a lot of money on new equipment.
(d) Because the economy is getting really bad.

3. Who does Margaret (correctly) guess is making inquiries about Frederick's returning to England after she moves to London?
(a) Mrs. Thornton.
(b) Mr. Thornton.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) Dixon.

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

5. Why does Frederick need to hire a lawyer?
(a) To clear his name from mutiny charges.
(b) To process his immigration papers.
(c) So he can sue his neighbor who continually steals from him.
(d) To help him better draft the legislation he's working on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mr. Bell arrange for Margaret to stay with after her father passes away?

2. How does Leonards die?

3. From whom does Margaret learn Mr. Bell is on his deathbed?

4. Who ultimately tells Mrs. Boucher that her husband has died?

5. Who attacks Frederick at the train station?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Thornton find out that Margaret has a brother?

2. Why is Margaret so concerned when she hears that Mr. Thornton thinks she was at the train station with Mr. Lennox?

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

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

5. Why does Mr. Thornton become particularly upset over the news of Mr. Hale's death?

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

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

8. Why does Mrs. Thornton confront Margaret about being in the train station with someone she suspects is her lover?

9. Why does Margaret lie to the police inspector?

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

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