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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has happened to Lawton Gokey in the novel?
(a) He’s been hanged for murder.
(b) He’s left his family.
(c) He’s been put away in prison.
(d) He was murdered in Atlanta.

3. From what narrative perspective is A Northern Light related?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Fourth person.

4. Who is the heroine in The House of Mirth?
(a) Aleeta Smith.
(b) Emily Wilcox.
(c) Lily Bart.
(d) Sarah Stuart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the hotel manager that Grace informs about Chester Gillette’s identity in the novel?

2. Who does Pa blame for Mattie’s ambition to attend college?

3. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie realizes that who is really named Chester Gillette?

4. When Mattie asks Aunt Josie for financial help for college, Aunt Josie tells Mattie she’s as selfish as whom?

5. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?

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