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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. How does Mrs. Hale feel about her son's return to the Hale house?

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

3. How does Frederick announce his return to the Hale household?

4. How do Mr. Bell and Margaret communicate once they depart?

5. How does Nicholas feel about books?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nicholas take it upon himself to look after Boucher's children?

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

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

6. What does Mr. Hale complain about right before he dies?

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

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

9. What does Mrs. Thornton think of the possibility of Mr. Thornton's marrying Margaret?

10. Why is Mr. Hale not happy when his son returns home?

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

Discuss the life story of John Thornton and how it relates to one of the central themes of the novel. Use specific quotations from the text in your paper.

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