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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided to do what?
(a) Enroll in Harvard University.
(b) Leave for college immediately.
(c) Marry Royal Loomis.
(d) Start college in one year.

3. 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) Novelists.
(d) Spinsters.

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

5. What is the name of Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband who appears in Chapter 17?
(a) Teddy.
(b) James.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Peter.

6. Mattie arrives at Emmie Hubbard’s home to discover Emmie engaged in sexual relations with whom in Chapter 18?
(a) Uncle Fifty.
(b) Royal Loomis.
(c) Lawton Gokey.
(d) Frank Loomis.

7. What happens to the men that beat up Weaver in Chapter 25?
(a) They are freed.
(b) They are hanged.
(c) They are awarded money.
(d) They are jailed.

8. What has Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband appeared in order to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Convince his wife to become a writer.
(b) Convince his wife to return to him.
(c) Convince his wife to give him custody of their children.
(d) Convince his wife to grant him a divorce.

9. 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 obtain her land.
(c) In order to prevent Mattie from learning.
(d) In order to obtain Mattie's future.

10. How long must Mattie leave her work at the hotel to tend to ill relatives in Chapter 25?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. Less than how many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

12. Who is responsible for the robbing of Aleeta Smith?
(a) Weaver Smith.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard.
(c) Chester Cleveland.
(d) Three trappers.

13. Reading Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 19, Mattie realizes that Chester Gillette must have brought Grace to the Glenmore with the intention of doing what?
(a) Sending her to a convent.
(b) Murdering her.
(c) Marrying her.
(d) Giving her a large sum of money.

14. Henry, who works at the Glenmore, is originally from where?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

15. Where does Henry leave some jars of milk, causing them to explode, in the narrative?
(a) On the stove.
(b) In the entranceway.
(c) On the floor.
(d) On the porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened with Aleeta Smith’s house in Chapter 31?

2. What causes Mattie internal conflict regarding the letters of Grace Brown in the novel?

3. Mattie’s principle concern about Royal Loomis in Chapter 18 is that he’s never told her what?

4. Where did Emily Dickinson spend her life?

5. By what mode of transportation is Mattie leaving in the end of the novel?

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