Hard Times — Questions and answers
What did Mr. Thomas Gradgrind declare was the most important thing to teach children in Coketown?
Answer: Facts
Who was the circus master that Mr. Gradgrind confronted after finding his children at the circus?
Answer: Mr. Sleary
Who did Mr. Gradgrind propose that his daughter Louisa marry?
Answer: Josiah Bounderby
What was Stephen Blackpool's primary concern when he sought advice from Josiah Bounderby?
Answer: How to be rid of his ill, drunken wife
Who was the real thief of the Coketown bank, for which Stephen Blackpool was wrongly blamed?
Answer: Louisa's brother, Tom
What was the name of the country house where Louisa lived as Mrs. Bounderby?
Answer: The Limes
To whom did Louisa flee and confess her despair after James Harthouse's advances?
Answer: Her father, Mr. Gradgrind
Where was Stephen Blackpool found after he vanished on his way back to Coketown?
Answer: At the bottom of Old Hell Shaft
Who tracked Tom, Louisa's brother, to the inn where Mr. Sleary was hiding him?
Answer: Bitzer
Who found true contentment and had a happy family, despite Mr. Gradgrind's philosophy?
Answer: Sissy Jupe