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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. Of who is it said that writing is "a way of ticketing specimens; not of expressing thoughts"?
(a) Jane Wilson.
(b) Job Legh.
(c) Jem Wilson.
(d) Henry Carson.

2. Who is Mrs. Jones?
(a) The owner of a lodging home.
(b) A dressmaker in Liverpool.
(c) A secretary in Liverpool.
(d) The owner of a carriage for rent.

3. What slows the boat for most of the journey?
(a) The water is rough.
(b) There is not enough manpower.
(c) The wind is against the boat.
(d) The sail is damaged.

4. Who does Mary think the woman at her door at the end of Chapter 20 is?
(a) Jane Wilson.
(b) Her mother.
(c) An old friend.
(d) Her sister.

5. What name does Mary call her Aunt Esther by?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Hetty.
(d) Esther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of money, what does Mary offer two sailors as pay?

2. Where does Mary wait at the courthouse?

3. How is Harry Carson murdered?

4. After learning the identity of his son's murderer, what does Henry Carson do?

5. How much money does Job offer Charley to escort Mary home should she show up at the Jones'?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary realize that her father is the true murderer?

2. What does Charley Jones clarify about the John Cropper sailing out?

3. What alibi is found for Jem?

4. What does Jem ask of Job in the letter he writes him?

5. Why does Jem leave Mary to return to Manchester?

6. How do the Sturgis' try to revive Mary when she faints at their house?

7. What lie does Job tell Jane Wilson in Chapter 30?

8. Where does Mary look for Will when she reaches Liverpool?

9. What is Mary's first thought when she sees her father after returning from Liverpool?

10. What evidence is there against Jem in the Carson murder case?

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