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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Grace Brown given Mattie to burn in A Northern Light?
(a) The deed to her parents’ house.
(b) A bundle of letters.
(c) Her favorite book.
(d) A bank note.

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

3. 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) Write a best-selling novel.
(b) Marry Royal Loomis.
(c) Burn her father's will.
(d) Help raise her sisters.

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

5. Where did Grace Brown’s parents live?
(a) Princeton, New Jersey.
(b) Troy, New York.
(c) Hartford, Connecticut.
(d) South Otselic, New York.

6. 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 obtains a good dowry.
(b) o longer welcome her into his home.
(c) See that she has the money to start her career.
(d) Give her the inheritance left by his aunt.

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

8. Where was the historical figure of Chester Gillette born?
(a) Montana.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) New Jersey.

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

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

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

12. Each chapter in A Northern Light opens with what?
(a) A dictionary word.
(b) An Irish ballad.
(c) A poem by Emily Dickinson.
(d) A Bible verse.

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

14. How does Papa respond when he discovers Mattie’s spent most of her money at the floating lending library?
(a) He laughs at Mattie.
(b) He hugs Mattie.
(c) He hits Mattie.
(d) He cries and leaves the room.

15. Who announces that Uncle Fifty has skipped town?
(a) Emmie Hubbard.
(b) Mr. Maxwell.
(c) Tommy Hubbard.
(d) Mr. Eckler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mattie’s teacher that has taught her “knowledge carries a damned high price”?

2. What exams do Mattie and Weaver take in Chapter 11?

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

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

5. What has happened to Lawton Gokey in the novel?

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