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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?
(a) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s uncle.
(b) Uncle Fifty is her father’s younger brother.
(c) Uncle Fifty is her father’s older brother.
(d) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s younger brother.

3. Who is the tax collector that Aunt Josie intercepts a letter from in Chapter 14?
(a) Francois Pierre Gauthier.
(b) Mr. Maxwell.
(c) Arn Satterlee.
(d) Belinda Becker.

4. Grace Brown’s last letter to Chester Gillette was dated when?
(a) July 1, 1905.
(b) July 11, 1906.
(c) June 16, 1905.
(d) July 5, 1906.

5. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 informs the addressee that what will happen to her house?
(a) It will be donated to charity.
(b) It will be renovated.
(c) It will be returned to the previous owner.
(d) It will be sold at public auction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Mattie internal conflict regarding the letters of Grace Brown in the novel?

2. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided not to do what?

3. Who wrote The House of Mirth?

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

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

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