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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 inherits Mr. Bell's fortune?

2. Who escorts Frederick to the train station when he leaves Milton?

3. Who looks after the Boucher children while Mrs. Boucher is ill?

4. Where does Frederick ultimately decide to live?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Margaret refer Frederick to Henry Lennox?

3. Why is Nicholas still out of work after the strike?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the underlying source of tension between Mrs. Thornton and her son? Use at least 3 examples from the text, including direct citations, to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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