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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What teacher of Mattie’s shows enthusiasm for her acceptance to Barnard College?
(a) Miss Ross.
(b) Miss Wilcox.
(c) Miss Parrish.
(d) Miss James.

3. Who is the suitor that is pursuing Mattie in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Frank Loomis.
(b) Weaver Smith.
(c) Royal Loomis.
(d) Tommy Hubbard.

4. What exams do Mattie and Weaver take in Chapter 11?
(a) Their exit exams for high school.
(b) Their entrance exams for medical school.
(c) Their entrance exams for college.
(d) Their bar exams.

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

6. What is the name of the string of eight lakes that are featured in Mattie’s hometown in the novel?
(a) The Upper Peninsula Lakes.
(b) The Tri-County Lakes.
(c) The Great Cavern Lakes.
(d) The Fulton Chain Lakes.

7. On what date does the narrator begin the story while describing standing on the porch of the Glenmore?
(a) July 14, 1905.
(b) June 16, 1899.
(c) July 12, 1906.
(d) September 1, 1905.

8. What kind of boat serves as the floating grocery store and lending library in the novel?
(a) A crab boat.
(b) An ocean liner.
(c) A trolling boat.
(d) A pickle boat.

9. Where does Weaver Smith hope to move to attend college?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) New York, New York.

10. Uncle Fifty shows up in Chapter 11 with a bundle of money from where?
(a) A gold mining expedition.
(b) A coal mining expedition.
(c) A poker game win.
(d) A lumberjacking expedition.

11. By what name does Uncle Fifty go by as a French river man?
(a) Jean Pierre Napoleon.
(b) Francois Pierre Gauthier.
(c) Jean Georges Vongerichen.
(d) Kouider Zouiche.

12. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie realizes that who is really named Chester Gillette?
(a) Peter Jackson.
(b) Tommy Hubbard.
(c) Carl Grahm.
(d) James McCready.

13. When was the historical figure, Grace Brown, born?
(a) June 16, 1899.
(b) July 14, 1905.
(c) March 20, 1886.
(d) May 12, 1884.

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

15. What does Mattie impulsively spend most of her money on at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?
(a) A rose brooch.
(b) A composition book.
(c) A romantic novel.
(d) An elegant ink pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie needs money for what expenses in order to attend college in the novel?

2. Each chapter in A Northern Light opens with what?

3. Barnard College has been associated with what university since 1900?

4. How many acres of property does Royal Loomis’s father own adjacent to the Gokey farm?

5. What age was Minnie Compeau when she left school?

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