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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barnard College has been associated with what university since 1900?
(a) Boston University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Rutgers University.

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

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

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

5. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided to do what?
(a) Start college in one year.
(b) Leave for college immediately.
(c) Enroll in Harvard University.
(d) Marry Royal Loomis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what county does most of the novel take place?

2. Reading Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 19, Mattie realizes that Chester Gillette must have brought Grace to the Glenmore with the intention of doing what?

3. What does the term “grippe” from the novel refer to?

4. What is the name of Mattie’s fourteen-year-old sister?

5. How long ago has Mattie’s mother died in the beginning of the narrative?

(see the answer key)

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