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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. Who is Bessy?
(a) The daughter of Mr. Higgins.
(b) Someone who is very ill.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) A young woman Margaret wants to become friends with.

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

3. Who does Mr. Hale ask to tell Mrs. Hale about their move to Milton?
(a) Edith.
(b) Mr. Lennox.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Margaret.

4. In what city does Aunt Shaw live?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

5. Who spends most of the time talking to Fanny during dinner at the Hales'?
(a) Dixon.
(b) Mr. Hale.
(c) Mrs. Hale.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas smoke?

2. During his first dinner at the Hales' home, what does Mr. Thornton obsess about with Margaret?

3. How does Mrs. Hale feel about not hearing the news of her move to Milton from her husband directly?

4. According to Bessy, who usually gets invitations to the Thornton's house?

5. Who is Mr. Bell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Margaret go out in search of household help in Milton when she first arrives?

2. How does Margaret prove to Bessy that she indeed knows suffering?

3. How does Mrs. Thornton feel about living so close to the mill?

4. What difference between the northern and southern shopkeepers does Margaret notice in Heston?

5. Why does Mrs. Hale get so upset about living in Milton?

6. What first surprises Mr. Thornton about Margaret?

7. Why is Margaret happy when the men rejoin the conversation at the Thorntons' big dinner party?

8. What does Margaret tell Mr. Thornton his workers have a human right to?

9. What happens to Mrs. Hale and Dixon once they arrive in Milton?

10. Why is Dixon in a panic when Mr. Hale and Margaret return from the Thorntons' big dinner party?

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