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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Mattie’s teacher that has taught her “knowledge carries a damned high price”?
(a) Miss Parrish.
(b) Miss Anderson.
(c) Miss Wilcox.
(d) Miss Smith.

3. What is the name of the man who checked into the hotel with Grace Brown in the novel?
(a) Francois Pierre Gauthier.
(b) Frank Loomis.
(c) Lawton Gokey.
(d) Carl Grahm.

4. What is the name of Mattie’s fourteen-year-old sister?
(a) Ellen Gokey.
(b) Beth Gokey.
(c) Abby Gokey.
(d) Louisa Gokey.

5. What is the name of Mattie’s mother who passed away?
(a) Ellen Gokey.
(b) Beth Gokey.
(c) Sarah Gokey.
(d) Louisa Gokey.

6. Mattie needs money for what expenses in order to attend college in the novel?
(a) Books and travel.
(b) Entrance fees.
(c) Tuition fees.
(d) Room and board.

7. Emily Baxter is said to be what kind of writer in the novel?
(a) A poet.
(b) A historical romantic novelist.
(c) An essayist.
(d) A science-fiction novelist.

8. How long ago has Mattie’s mother died in the beginning of the narrative?
(a) 2 weeks ago.
(b) 2 months ago.
(c) 7 months ago.
(d) 3 years ago.

9. What did Mattie’s mother die from in the novel?
(a) A brain aneurism.
(b) Bubonic plague.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

10. Weaver Smith struggles with his identity in the novel when he is misinterpreted as what at the rail station?
(a) A porter.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An engineer.

11. Who carries in the body of Grace Brown in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mr. Guiness.
(b) Mr. Eckler.
(c) Mr. Crabb.
(d) Mr. Hubbard.

12. What movement is the writer Emily Baxter associated with in the novel?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Dadaism.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Absurdism.

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

14. Pa tells Mattie in Chapter 12 that if she leaves the family to go to college, then he will do what?
(a) o longer welcome her into his home.
(b) See that she obtains a good dowry.
(c) Give her the inheritance left by his aunt.
(d) See that she has the money to start her career.

15. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 is intended for whom?
(a) Frank Loomis.
(b) Michael Gokey.
(c) Emmie Hubbard.
(d) Mrs. Maxwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the suitor that is pursuing Mattie in the beginning of the novel?

2. By what name does Uncle Fifty go by as a French river man?

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

4. Grace Brown’s last letter to Chester Gillette was dated when?

5. Where does Weaver Smith hope to move to attend college?

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