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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the head chef at the Glenmore Hotel?
(a) Mrs. Hubbard.
(b) Mrs. Hennessey.
(c) Mrs. Ellis.
(d) Mr. Maxwell.

2. How does Miss Wilcox appear in response to Mattie’s decision about her future in Chapter 28?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Proud.

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

4. Mattie compares her love for Royal with Grace Brown’s love for whom in Chapter 26?
(a) Weaver Smith.
(b) Mr. Maxwell.
(c) Tommy Hubbard.
(d) Chester Gillette.

5. Who does Mattie tell about Miss Wilcox’s secret pseudonym in Chapters 17-19?
(a) Belinda Becker.
(b) Mrs. Hennessey.
(c) Royal Loomis.
(d) No one.

6. Royal Loomis and who come to Mattie’s aid in tending her family’s farm in Chapter 25?
(a) Minnie Compeau.
(b) Mr. Maxwell.
(c) Emmie Hubbard.
(d) Iva Loomis.

7. What does Mattie do in her work for Miss Wilcox in Chapter 17?
(a) She walks her dogs.
(b) She tends to the horses.
(c) She organizes her books.
(d) She tends to her garden.

8. Weaver is beaten up by three men when he stands up for himself after being called what?
(a) A sexist slur.
(b) A coward.
(c) A leper.
(d) A racial slur.

9. What does Weaver Smith hope to be one day?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A train engineer.

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

11. The servant girls at the Glenmore trick Mr. Maxwell into falling into what in Chapter 31?
(a) The river.
(b) Dog excrement.
(c) The lake.
(d) A pile of hay.

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

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

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

15. What do Mattie and Weaver borrow in order to visit Miss Wilcox before she leaves?
(a) A sled.
(b) A school bus.
(c) A horse.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Minnie’s husband in the novel?

2. How much is the tip that Mr. Maxwell leaves Mattie after exposing himself in Chapter 21?

3. Who is Royal’s ex-girlfriend that Mattie sees him arguing with at the picnic in Chapter 29?

4. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided to do what?

5. When was Emily Dickinson born?

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