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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the suitor that is pursuing Mattie in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Frank Loomis.
(b) Weaver Smith.
(c) Royal Loomis.
(d) Tommy Hubbard.

2. What teacher of Mattie’s shows enthusiasm for her acceptance to Barnard College?
(a) Miss Parrish.
(b) Miss James.
(c) Miss Ross.
(d) Miss Wilcox.

3. Why is the farm not producing as well as it once was, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) The flooding has killed the trees.
(b) There aren’t enough hands to work it.
(c) The bank foreclosed on half the land.
(d) The drought has caused the plants to die.

4. Pa tells Mattie in Chapter 12 that if she leaves the family to go to college, then he will do what?
(a) See that she obtains a good dowry.
(b) See that she has the money to start her career.
(c) o longer welcome her into his home.
(d) Give her the inheritance left by his aunt.

5. Barnard College has been associated with what university since 1900?
(a) Boston University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mattie dream of going to college in the beginning of the novel?

2. How does Papa respond when he discovers Mattie’s spent most of her money at the floating lending library?

3. What is Mattie’s father’s name in the novel?

4. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?

5. Where does Weaver Smith hope to move to attend college?

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