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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. Who is Dr. Donaldson?

2. Who is Mr. Bell?

3. How does Mrs. Hale feel about not hearing the news of her move to Milton from her husband directly?

4. Who is Mr. Bell?

5. Who does Mr. Hale ask to tell Mrs. Hale about their move to Milton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Thorntons aghast at Margaret and Mr. Hale's acceptance to their dinner party?

2. What was Frederick on trial for?

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

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

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

6. What difference between the northern and southern shopkeepers does Margaret notice in Heston?

7. Why is Margaret happy when the men rejoin the conversation at the Thorntons' big dinner party?

8. Why does Mrs. Hale get so upset about living in Milton?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the scene of Henry Lennox' first romantic confession to Margaret and what happens afterward. What does Gaskell do to create the tone? What do the different characters' reactions immediately after tell us about their personalities? How does what happens afterward foreshadow what happens later in the text, if at all?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one character who is weak at the beginning of the novel and becomes strong by the end; discuss the 3 most pivotal moments of growth for this character; and use direct quotations from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the scene where Margaret breaks the news to her mother that the family will be moving to Milton. Pay particular attention to the use of foreshadowing, analyzing how what happens during this scene (and between the characters) foreshadows what is to come later in the novel. Use quotations from the text to support your position.

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