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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is the tip that Mr. Maxwell leaves Mattie after exposing himself in Chapter 21?
(a) $5.
(b) $1.
(c) $2.
(d) $.50.

2. When was Emily Dickinson born?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1881.

3. Weaver Smith’s ancestors were slaves where?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

4. When Mattie visits her friend Minnie after the twins are born, how is Minnie’s mental state characterized?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Blissful.
(d) Exuberant.

5. Mattie begins working for Miss Wilcox on what days in Chapter 17?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Tuesdays.

6. Mattie gets her father’s permission to go to work at the Glenmore Hotel in order to buy what?
(a) A new mule.
(b) A new carriage.
(c) Travel money for college.
(d) A new car.

7. What is the title of Emily Baxter’s new book that Mattie received in the mail in Chapter 27?
(a) An Eternal Innocence.
(b) Absence of Fact.
(c) A Woman's Dream.
(d) Threnody.

8. While reading Emily Dickinson in the beginning of Chapter 23, Mattie realizes that all the authors she admires are what?
(a) Essayists.
(b) Poets.
(c) Spinsters.
(d) Novelists.

9. While reading the works of Emily Dickinson in Chapter 23, Mattie considers whether what is incompatible with being a writer?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Leaving the house.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Drinking.

10. What causes Mattie internal conflict regarding the letters of Grace Brown in the novel?
(a) Mattie promised Grace she would deliver them to the police.
(b) Mattie promised Grace she would burn them.
(c) Mattie promised Grace she would edit them.
(d) Mattie promised Grace she would deliver them to Chester.

11. Mattie sends money to Aleeta Smith to cover what expenses at the end of the novel?
(a) A new car.
(b) Weaver's college tuition.
(c) Her daughter’s wedding.
(d) Emmie Hubbard’s back-taxes.

12. Who is hired to help Mattie’s Pa with the farm in the end of the novel?
(a) Weaver Smith.
(b) Tommy Hubbard.
(c) Lawton Gokey.
(d) Royal Loomis.

13. Royal’s ex-girlfriend confronts Mattie with her belief that Royal wants to marry Mattie for what reason in Chapter 29?
(a) Because Mattie is pregnant.
(b) In order to prevent Mattie from learning.
(c) In order to obtain Mattie's future.
(d) In order to obtain her land.

14. How many of the family cows die from infection while Mattie is home in Chapter 25?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. Mattie’s principle concern about Royal Loomis in Chapter 18 is that he’s never told her what?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) About his inheritance.
(c) That he wants children.
(d) About his involvement in the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. The picnic Mattie attends in Chapter 29 is in celebration of what?

2. Less than how many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime?

3. Excerpts from what historical documents are included in A Northern Light?

4. The book by Emily Baxter that Mattie receives in the mail from Miss Wilcox is a book of what?

5. Mattie compares her love for Royal with Grace Brown’s love for whom in Chapter 26?

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