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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 does Pa blame for Mattie’s ambition to attend college?
(a) Miss Parrish.
(b) Frank Loomis.
(c) Royal Loomis.
(d) Miss Wilcox.

2. Uncle Fifty shows up in Chapter 11 with a bundle of money from where?
(a) A gold mining expedition.
(b) A coal mining expedition.
(c) A lumberjacking expedition.
(d) A poker game win.

3. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?
(a) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s younger brother.
(b) Uncle Fifty is her father’s older brother.
(c) Uncle Fifty is her father’s younger brother.
(d) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s uncle.

4. What is the name of the man who checked into the hotel with Grace Brown in the novel?
(a) Lawton Gokey.
(b) Carl Grahm.
(c) Frank Loomis.
(d) Francois Pierre Gauthier.

5. How does Papa respond when he discovers Mattie’s spent most of her money at the floating lending library?
(a) He cries and leaves the room.
(b) He laughs at Mattie.
(c) He hugs Mattie.
(d) He hits Mattie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weaver Smith struggles with his identity in the novel when he is misinterpreted as what at the rail station?

2. In what neighborhood is Barnard College located?

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

4. Who wrote The House of Mirth?

5. The House of Mirth is a novel written in what style?

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