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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Mattie refer to Aunt Josie’s husband in the narrative?
(a) Uncle Jimmy.
(b) Uncle Billy.
(c) Uncle Vernon.
(d) Uncle Peter.

2. Why is the farm not producing as well as it once was, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) The flooding has killed the trees.
(b) The bank foreclosed on half the land.
(c) The drought has caused the plants to die.
(d) There aren’t enough hands to work it.

3. How does Royal Loomis respond when Mattie tells him about her desires to go to college?
(a) He urges her to go.
(b) He doesn’t understand.
(c) He gives her money for travel.
(d) He suggests a different college.

4. Who invites Mattie to her home and gives her books in Chapters 15-16?
(a) Miss Parris.
(b) Miss Wilcox.
(c) Miss Gillette.
(d) Mrs. Hennessey.

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

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

7. In Chapter 10, Mattie draws parallels between her promise to burn Grace Brown's letters and the promise she made to her dying mother to do what?
(a) Marry Royal Loomis.
(b) Burn her father's will.
(c) Write a best-selling novel.
(d) Help raise her sisters.

8. The House of Mirth is a novel written in what style?
(a) Novel of manners.
(b) Factional novel.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Absurdist fiction.

9. How old is Louisa Gokey in the novel?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

10. On what date did the historical figure of Grace Brown die?
(a) July 11, 1906.
(b) July 16, 1906.
(c) September 3, 1905.
(d) June 12, 1906.

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

12. When was The House of Mirth first published?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1911.

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

14. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 informs the addressee that she has failed to do what?
(a) Sign her marriage certificate.
(b) Fill out voter registration.
(c) Leave the Will.
(d) Pay back-taxes.

15. What mountain range is the backdrop in the novel’s setting?
(a) The Appalachian Mountains.
(b) The Adirondack Mountains
(c) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie discover the works of Emily Baxter actually celebrate?

2. From what narrative perspective is A Northern Light related?

3. How does Papa respond when he discovers Mattie’s spent most of her money at the floating lending library?

4. Who carries in the body of Grace Brown in the beginning of the novel?

5. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?

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