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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nicholas smoke?
2. What do Margaret and Mr. Hale talk about during their walk back from the Thorntons' dinner party?
3. What relieves the tension after Mr. Lennox' romantic outburst during his first visit to Helstone to see Margaret?
4. Who wrote "North and South"
5. What do the men of Milton admire Margaret for?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Margaret prove to Bessy that she indeed knows suffering?
2. How does Mrs. Thornton feel about living so close to the mill?
3. Why does Mr. Hale leave his job as a reverend?
4. What makes Margaret go out in search of household help in Milton when she first arrives?
5. Whom does Mrs. Thornton accuse Mr. Thornton of needing to protect him?
6. What does Margaret tell Mr. Thornton his workers have a human right to?
7. What advice does Margaret give to Mr. Thornton about how to handle the growing crowd of striking workers outside his door?
8. Why is Dixon in a panic when Mr. Hale and Margaret return from the Thorntons' big dinner party?
9. According to Bessy, what happens to people who work in the cotton factory that makes them sick?
10. What causes the striking workers to head to the Thornton household to protest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ending of the novel and Margaret's decision to be with Mr. Thornton. Is this choice in the best interest of her character? Is it what she wants? Is it in the best interest of Mr. Thornton's character? Is it what he wants? Make sure to use quotations from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
What is the underlying source of tension between Mrs. Thornton and her son? Use at least 3 examples from the text, including direct citations, to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of the character of Bessy and what happens to her in the novel.
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