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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator describe as sitting on “the porch until the end of time, rapping her cane on the railing for more lemonade” in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mr. Eckler.
(b) Mrs. Ellis.
(c) Mrs. Hennessey.
(d) Mr. Maxwell.

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

3. What causes Mattie internal conflict regarding the letters of Grace Brown in the novel?
(a) Mattie promised Grace she would edit them.
(b) Mattie promised Grace she would deliver them to the police.
(c) Mattie promised Grace she would deliver them to Chester.
(d) Mattie promised Grace she would burn them.

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

5. What is the name of the mule that dies in Chapter 20?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Willie.
(c) Wilba.
(d) Vina.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book by Emily Baxter that Mattie receives in the mail from Miss Wilcox is a book of what?

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

3. Less than how many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime?

4. How does Miss Wilcox appear in response to Mattie’s decision about her future in Chapter 28?

5. What is the name of Minnie’s husband in the novel?

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