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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Howth doing as Margret does her chores?
(a) Sweeps the floor.
(b) Dozes in a chair.
(c) Kneads bread.
(d) Tends the fire.

2. What type of material is produced at the mill where Margret worked?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Wool.
(d) Canvas.

3. Why is Margret so intent on having the job at the mill?
(a) To advance her career.
(b) To get money for school.
(c) To complete her internship.
(d) To support her parents.

4. What sound makes Margret's heart pause?
(a) A shriek.
(b) Mr. Holmes' footsteps.
(c) The clacking chicken.
(d) A gunshot.

5. Who is Mr. Pike?
(a) A delivery man.
(b) A grocer.
(c) A clerk at the mill.
(d) A chimney sweep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Holmes think about as he passes Margret's door?

2. In what state does the story take place?

3. Where does Lois live?

4. What does Lois' produce symbolize?

5. What does Mr. Holmes do as he passes Margret's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How doe Margret and Mr. Holmes part company?

2. How does Margret explain how Dr. Knowles always watches her?

3. What literary technique does the author use when writing this sentence: "These churches lifted their hard, stone faces insolently, registering their yearly alms in the morning journals."

4. How does Mr. Holmes finally work up the nerve to propose to Margret?

5. How does the author establish the bleak setting for the story and its protagonist's purpose for telling it?

6. Why is Mr. Holmes so depressed about the imminent approach of Christmas?

7. What personal information does Dr. Knowles know about Margret?

8. What details does Margret give about the ledger?

9. What does it do to the story when the author introduces Mr. Holmes' point of view in Chapter 10?

10. What is the significance of the book's subtitle, A STORY OF TO-DAY?

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