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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator describe as sitting on “the porch until the end of time, rapping her cane on the railing for more lemonade” in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mr. Maxwell.
(b) Mrs. Hennessey.
(c) Mrs. Ellis.
(d) Mr. Eckler.

2. What does Mattie mail to Royal Loomis at the end of the novel?
(a) Her father's will.
(b) Money for land.
(c) Her college acceptance letter.
(d) Her engagement ring.

3. Mattie’s Aunt Josie is married to what kind of businessman?
(a) A dairy farm owner.
(b) A coal mine owner.
(c) A cattle rancher.
(d) A sawmill owner.

4. How long must Mattie leave her work at the hotel to tend to ill relatives in Chapter 25?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 week.

5. What is the name of Mattie’s fourteen-year-old sister?
(a) Ellen Gokey.
(b) Beth Gokey.
(c) Louisa Gokey.
(d) Abby Gokey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who checked into the hotel with Grace Brown in the novel?

2. The title of Emily Baxter’s new book that Mattie receives in Chapter 27 means what?

3. What movement is the writer Emily Baxter associated with in the novel?

4. Where did Emily Dickinson spend her life?

5. Who invites Aleeta Smith to stay with her after she’s been robbed?

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