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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 impression does Mr. Bridgenorth get from meeting Jem?
(a) That Jem is scared of going to jail.
(b) That Jem is capable of murder.
(c) That Jem knows something about the murder.
(d) That Jem is not capable of murder.

2. Where does Charley tell Job the boat Mary rode has gone?
(a) To Cheshire.
(b) To Paris.
(c) To London.
(d) To Edinburgh.

3. For what service does Mary earn a little bit of money in Chapter 35?
(a) For mending a woman's gown in Liverpool.
(b) For taking notes during the trial.
(c) For tutoring her neighbor.
(d) For serving as a witness.

4. What does Esther pawn her clothing to purchase?
(a) Food.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Presentable clothing.
(d) A present for Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Jones?

2. What does Jem worry about returning to life in Manchester?

3. What obstacle must Will's ship overcome before sailing out to sea?

4. Who does Jem learn is dying in Chapter 33?

5. Who does Jane Wilson blame for Harry Carson's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jane Wilson feel about Jem and Mary as a couple?

2. How does Will Wilson say he will return to the shore?

3. What does Esther find at the scene of the Carson murder?

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

5. What effect does the summons to testify against her son have on Jane Wilson?

6. What does Mary stay up all night doing at the Sturgis' house?

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

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

9. Why does Sally Leadbitter say Mary should rethink giving up her job?

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

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