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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children does Emmie Hubbard have?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 20.
(d) 7.

3. What does Mattie discover the works of Emily Baxter actually celebrate?
(a) Women’s independence.
(b) Immoral sexual acts.
(c) Racial segregation.
(d) Masculine independence.

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

5. The historical account of Chester Gillette is that he met Grace Brown at his uncle’s skirt factory located where?
(a) Wynantskill, New York.
(b) Troy, New York.
(c) Loudonville, New York.
(d) Cortland, New York.

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

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

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

9. 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) Pay back-taxes.
(d) Leave the Will.

10. Barnard College has been associated with what university since 1900?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Boston University.

11. What is the only book Mattie’s Aunt Josie suggests she read?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Poems of Robert Frost.
(c) Little Women.
(d) The Farmer’s Almanac.

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

13. What has happened to Lawton Gokey in the novel?
(a) He’s left his family.
(b) He’s been put away in prison.
(c) He’s been hanged for murder.
(d) He was murdered in Atlanta.

14. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?
(a) Tommy Hubbard's.
(b) Michael Gokley’s.
(c) Chester Gillette’s.
(d) Frank Loomis's.

15. Weaver Smith is the first what in his family?
(a) Millionaire.
(b) Man to marry in a church.
(c) Heir to royalty.
(d) Freeborn man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the floating grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?

2. When Mattie asks Aunt Josie for financial help for college, Aunt Josie tells Mattie she’s as selfish as whom?

3. When was Barnard College founded?

4. What gift does Uncle Fifty give to Mattie during his visit?

5. What is the name of Mattie’s older brother?

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