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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 walks in on Margaret just as she is complaining about Mr. Thornton's not giving Nicholas a job?
(a) Mr. Thornton himself.
(b) Mrs. Thornton.
(c) Mr. Hale.
(d) The union president.

2. During Frederick's first night home, how does the family interact?
(a) Happily.
(b) Cruelly.
(c) Violently.
(d) Silently.

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

4. How does Mrs. Thornton know that Mr. Thornton's original proposal to Margaret has not gone well?
(a) She just has a feeling.
(b) Margaret tells her.
(c) Her daughter tells her.
(d) The look on his face.

5. What caused Mr. Thornton to realize his workers needed a dining room?
(a) A paltry meal he saw Nicholas eating.
(b) The picketing workers outside his office.
(c) A nutritionist who visited the mill.
(d) One of his workers gave him an anonymous note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Margaret assume for the Boucher children?

2. What kind of food does Mr. Thornton buy for the dying Mrs. Hale?

3. How does Leonards die?

4. Where does Mr. Bell live?

5. What is the name of Frederick's young new wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Mr. Thornton fearful of Nicholas after he refuses to give him work?

3. What happens to Margaret, emotionally, while she is in Helstone after her father has passed away?

4. Why does Margaret initially refuse to give Mr. Thornton any credit for helping her and her brother with the police investigation?

5. What kinds of conversations do Mrs. Thornton and her son usually have?

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

7. How does Margaret respond to Mr. Bell's surprise to take her to Helstone?

8. After Bessy dies, why does Margaret bring a drunk Nicholas back to her house?

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

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

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