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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mattie visits her friend Minnie after the twins are born, how is Minnie’s mental state characterized?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Blissful.
(d) Depressed.

3. When Weaver hears of Mattie’s plans for the future in Chapter 28, he tells her she may as well do what?
(a) Go to Columbia.
(b) Move to Paris.
(c) Live in a convent.
(d) Marry a horse.

4. What kind of dog is it that Mattie is paid to feed and walk at the Glenmore?
(a) German Shepherd.
(b) Husky.
(c) Scottish Terrier.
(d) Great Dane.

5. Excerpts from what historical documents are included in A Northern Light?
(a) Grace Brown’s letters.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) Chester Gillette's letters.
(d) Chester Gillette’s murder transcripts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mattie’s father’s name in the novel?

2. In what neighborhood is Barnard College located?

3. What does Mattie impulsively spend most of her money on at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?

4. What kind of boat serves as the floating grocery store and lending library in the novel?

5. Mattie has heard that the works of Emily Baxter are what before she reads them?

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