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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 responsible for the robbing of Aleeta Smith?
(a) Weaver Smith.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard.
(c) Three trappers.
(d) Chester Cleveland.

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

3. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided not to do what?
(a) Marry Royal Loomis.
(b) Attend college.
(c) Apply for student loans.
(d) Accept her father’s business.

4. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided to do what?
(a) Start college in one year.
(b) Leave for college immediately.
(c) Marry Royal Loomis.
(d) Enroll in Harvard University.

5. What is Mattie trained as at the Glenmore Hotel?
(a) A woodcutter.
(b) A cook.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A groundskeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the head chef at the Glenmore Hotel?

2. How much money does Miss Wilcox send to Mattie with the book in Chapter 27?

3. Mattie gets her father’s permission to go to work at the Glenmore Hotel in order to buy what?

4. What is Henry’s original position at the Glenmore Hotel?

5. Who is hired to help Mattie’s Pa with the farm in the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the themes of duty and responsibility illustrated in Chapters 23-26?

2. How does Mattie begin to equate Weaver Smith’s situation to that of Grace Brown in Chapter 33?

3. How does the apprehension of the three trappers affect Weaver Smith in Chapter 24?

4. What event takes place surrounding Weaver Smith’s character in Chapter 22?

5. How does Mattie’s visit to Minnie affect her perceptions of family and marriage in Chapter 23?

6. Where is Miss Wilcox planning to depart for in Chapter 27? How does Mattie visit her teacher?

7. How do the events in Chapters 20-22 affect Mattie’s perception of the world around her?

8. What does Mattie discover through Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 19? What are her thoughts on this discovery?

9. What decision does Mattie relate to Miss Wilcox when she visits her in Chapter 28? How does Miss Wilcox respond?

10. What does Mattie discover at the home of Emmie Hubbard in Chapter 18?

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