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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 does Frederick see about his legal problems?

2. Who tells a police officer that Margaret was at the train station with a young man?

3. For what reason is the inquest into Leonards' death stopped?

4. Who does Mr. Bell send for to help take care of Margaret?

5. How does Mrs. Boucher react to the news that her husband is dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mr. Hale not want to follow Frederick to Spain?

4. Why does Margaret stop giving advice through letters to Mr. Bell?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Nicholas not want to break the news of Boucher's death to Boucher's wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast the social norms in the North and the social norms in the South, according to what is written in the novel. Make sure to use specific quotations from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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