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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 Nicholas throw violently across the room after Bessy dies?

2. Why does Margaret want to see Mr. Thornton after Boucher has died?

3. Who helps Dixon out quite a bit after all of the Hales move from Milton?

4. Where does Mr. Bell live?

5. What causes Frederick to leave town in a hurry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Lennox able to take Margaret on a vacation to the seaside?

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

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

4. How does Mr. Thornton find out that Margaret has a brother?

5. Why does Margaret lie to the police inspector?

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

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

8. Why does Margaret refer Frederick to Henry Lennox?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message is Glaskell trying to convey to the reader about socioeconomic class issues in England during this time? Use 3 examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the character of Margaret at the beginning of the novel with the character of Margaret at the end of the novel. What is different? What is the same? How has she changed and grown? What were the causes of that growth?

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