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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the string of eight lakes that are featured in Mattie’s hometown in the novel?
(a) The Great Cavern Lakes.
(b) The Tri-County Lakes.
(c) The Fulton Chain Lakes.
(d) The Upper Peninsula Lakes.

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

3. Weaver Smith struggles with his identity in the novel when he is misinterpreted as what at the rail station?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A porter.

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

5. What is the only book Mattie’s Aunt Josie suggests she read?
(a) Little Women.
(b) The Farmer’s Almanac.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Poems of Robert Frost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Lawton Gokey in the novel?

2. What is the real name of the character called “Cook” in the novel?

3. Who runs the floating grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?

4. How long ago has Mattie’s mother died in the beginning of the narrative?

5. What mountain range is the backdrop in the novel’s setting?

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