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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each chapter in A Northern Light opens with what?
(a) An Irish ballad.
(b) A dictionary word.
(c) A Bible verse.
(d) A poem by Emily Dickinson.

2. Mattie’s Aunt Josie is married to what kind of businessman?
(a) A sawmill owner.
(b) A cattle rancher.
(c) A coal mine owner.
(d) A dairy farm owner.

3. On what date does the narrator begin the story while describing standing on the porch of the Glenmore?
(a) July 14, 1905.
(b) September 1, 1905.
(c) June 16, 1899.
(d) July 12, 1906.

4. When Mattie discovers Emmie Hubbard engaged in sexual activity with a man in Chapter 18, Mattie surmises that how many of Mrs. Hubbard’s children are illegitimate?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. Where did Uncle Fifty show up drunk and passed out when he arrived at Mattie’s family home?
(a) In a horse trough.
(b) On the front porch.
(c) In a pile of hay.
(d) In a manure pile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie gets her father’s permission to go to work at the Glenmore Hotel in order to buy what?

2. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s mother?

3. What has Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband appeared in order to do in Chapter 17?

4. Weaver Smith is the first what in his family?

5. What is Henry’s original position at the Glenmore Hotel?

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