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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. Whom does Mr. Bell think Margaret must have been at the train station with?

2. Where does Mr. Bell live?

3. How does Margaret feel about Frederick's return?

4. What false errand does Margaret apologize for sending Nicholas on?

5. What does Mrs. Thornton accuse Margaret of during the confrontation at Margaret's house after Frederick leaves town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Margaret lie to the police inspector?

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

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

9. How does Margaret respond to her father's death?

10. What did Bessy make Mary promise to her as she was dying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name and discuss at least 3 instances where religion appears in the text and what message Gaskell is conveying to the reader through these instances.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the generational conflict between the character of "North and South" and what these conflicts convey to the reader about past and present.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Margaret and her mother. Make sure to use direct quotations from the text.

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