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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 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) Marry Royal Loomis.
(d) Help raise her sisters.

2. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?
(a) Michael Gokley’s.
(b) Chester Gillette’s.
(c) Frank Loomis's.
(d) Tommy Hubbard's.

3. Who invites Mattie to her home and gives her books in Chapters 15-16?
(a) Miss Wilcox.
(b) Miss Gillette.
(c) Miss Parris.
(d) Mrs. Hennessey.

4. What age was Minnie Compeau when she left school?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 informs the addressee that what will happen to her house?

3. By what name does Uncle Fifty go by as a French river man?

4. How are Minnie’s twins described when they are born?

5. From what narrative perspective is A Northern Light related?

(see the answer key)

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