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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Margaret get a message to her brother?
(a) She cannot get any messages to him.
(b) Through a spy.
(c) Through a homing pigeon.
(d) By mail.

2. What does Mr. Hale think his wife needs to deal with her illness?
(a) A priest.
(b) A trip to Paris.
(c) Another servant.
(d) Holy water.

3. Why does Margaret confront Dr. Donaldson after he visits her mother for the first time?
(a) Because she has a crush on him.
(b) Because she caught him stealing from the family.
(c) Because she wants to know what is going on.
(d) Because she suspects he is having an affair with her mother.

4. During Mr. Lennox' first visit to Margaret in Helstone, what does he bring her?
(a) Beautiful fabric for a new dress.
(b) A letter from Edith.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Roses.

5. Who is Frederick?
(a) Mrs. Hale's first house servant.
(b) Mrs. Hale's brother.
(c) Mrs. Hale's weird cat.
(d) Mrs. Hale's first husband.

6. When the novel opens, who is Edith engaged to?
(a) An unnamed reverend.
(b) Captain Lennox.
(c) Master Luke.
(d) Professor Barton.

7. What does Margaret confess to her father, after the Thorntons' dinner party, about her opinion of Mr. Thornton?
(a) That she thinks he is secretly in love with her.
(b) That she think he is as much of an arrogant jerk as ever.
(c) That she both fears and respects him.
(d) That she is beginning to like him.

8. What does Bessy think would make her be less ill?
(a) Having money for a real doctor.
(b) Having a boyfriend.
(c) Living in the South.
(d) Not having smoked cigarettes for so long.

9. When the novel opens, where does the Hale family live?
(a) Stratford.
(b) Berkshire.
(c) Helstone.
(d) Castroville.

10. What does the Hale household decide about a water bed and Mrs. Hale?
(a) That the one she has is the only thing keeping her from death's door.
(b) That she needs one for her health.
(c) That the one she has is making her sicker.
(d) That the one she has could be sold for a lot of money.

11. What does Mr. Thornton challenge the crowd to do to him?
(a) Join him in a jousting match.
(b) Pick him up and throw him into the sea.
(c) Beat him.
(d) Imitate him.

12. How long has Mrs. Thornton been out and a part of society?
(a) Since the age of 17.
(b) Her entire life.
(c) Only since her husband ran away with their housemaid.
(d) Not very long.

13. Why does Margaret throw herself in front of Mr. Thornton?
(a) Because she is in love with him.
(b) She doesn't; she just accidentally trips.
(c) Because she wants him to run her over.
(d) Because she tries to protect him.

14. What other character in "North and South" has a water bed?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Bessy.
(c) Mrs. Thornton.
(d) Dixon.

15. What is Mr. Thornton's first impression of Margaret?
(a) That she is annoying and dumb.
(b) That she is loud and obnoxious.
(c) That she is shy and beautiful.
(d) That she is uppity and rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the one problem with the house Mr. Hale and Margaret pick out in Milton solved?

2. Who are the first guests to arrive at the Thorntons' big dinner party?

3. During dinner with Mr. Thornton at their home, who admits to not liking the dirty air in Milton?

4. Who does Dixon NOT have respect for?

5. Why does Mr. Thornton claim to need to visit Margaret after the incident with the striking workers at his home?

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