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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?
(a) Uncle Fifty is her father’s older brother.
(b) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s uncle.
(c) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s younger brother.
(d) Uncle Fifty is her father’s younger brother.

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

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

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

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

7. Grace Brown’s last letter to Chester Gillette was dated when?
(a) July 11, 1906.
(b) July 5, 1906.
(c) June 16, 1905.
(d) July 1, 1905.

8. In what county does most of the novel take place?
(a) Marin County.
(b) Clark County.
(c) Herkimer County.
(d) Siskiyou County.

9. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie discovers that Grace was what in Chapter 16?
(a) Pregnant.
(b) Currently married.
(c) An orphan.
(d) Widowed.

10. The Glenmore Hotel is located by what body of water?
(a) Big Moose Lake.
(b) Lake Michigan.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lost Trout Lake.

11. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s father in the novel?
(a) Tommy Loomis.
(b) Michael Loomis.
(c) Frank Loomis.
(d) Edward Loomis.

12. What is the real name of the character called “Cook” in the novel?
(a) Mrs. Maxwell.
(b) Mrs. Ellis.
(c) Mrs. Hennessey.
(d) Mrs. Gauthier.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Grace Brown’s parents live?

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

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

4. What is the name of the string of eight lakes that are featured in Mattie’s hometown in the novel?

5. Who announces that Uncle Fifty has skipped town?

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