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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Emily Dickinson spend her life?
(a) Amherst, Massachusetts.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Caspar, Wyoming.
(d) New York, New York.

2. Excerpts from what historical documents are included in A Northern Light?
(a) Chester Gillette's letters.
(b) Grace Brown’s letters.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) Chester Gillette’s murder transcripts.

3. Who in Mattie’s family becomes ill with grippe in Chapter 25?
(a) Aunt Josie.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Abby and Chester.
(d) Uncle Fifty.

4. Emily Dickinson was known for her penchant for what colored clothing?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

5. What does Mattie impulsively spend most of her money on at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?
(a) A composition book.
(b) A rose brooch.
(c) An elegant ink pen.
(d) A romantic novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?

2. When was Barnard College founded?

3. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie discovers that Grace was what in Chapter 16?

4. When Mattie discovers Emmie Hubbard engaged in sexual activity with a man in Chapter 18, Mattie surmises that how many of Mrs. Hubbard’s children are illegitimate?

5. What has Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband appeared in order to do in Chapter 17?

(see the answer key)

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