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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Mattie draws parallels between her promise to burn Grace Brown's letters and the promise she made to her dying mother to do what?
(a) Burn her father's will.
(b) Write a best-selling novel.
(c) Help raise her sisters.
(d) Marry Royal Loomis.

2. In what county does most of the novel take place?
(a) Clark County.
(b) Marin County.
(c) Herkimer County.
(d) Siskiyou County.

3. Mattie has earned the money that she spends at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay by picking what plants?
(a) Fiddlehead ferns.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Daisies.

4. How does Royal Loomis respond when Mattie tells him about her desires to go to college?
(a) He gives her money for travel.
(b) He urges her to go.
(c) He doesn’t understand.
(d) He suggests a different college.

5. What kind of boat serves as the floating grocery store and lending library in the novel?
(a) A pickle boat.
(b) A trolling boat.
(c) An ocean liner.
(d) A crab boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mattie’s teacher that has taught her “knowledge carries a damned high price”?

2. Uncle Fifty shows up in Chapter 11 with a bundle of money from where?

3. How many children does Emmie Hubbard have?

4. Mattie’s Aunt Josie is married to what kind of businessman?

5. Where did Uncle Fifty show up drunk and passed out when he arrived at Mattie’s family home?

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