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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie give Weaver money for at the end of the novel?
(a) Travel to New York.
(b) Travel to Mississippi.
(c) Travel to Boston.
(d) Travel to Maryland.

2. Who is Royal’s ex-girlfriend that Mattie sees him arguing with at the picnic in Chapter 29?
(a) Martha Miller.
(b) Beth Gokey.
(c) Belinda Becker.
(d) Grace Brown.

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

4. Where does Mr. Maxwell always sit in the dining room at the Glenmore?
(a) Table 3.
(b) Table 10.
(c) Table 1.
(d) Table 6.

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

6. Where does one of the servants at the Glenmore lure Mr. Maxwell in Chapter 31?
(a) To the attic.
(b) To the river.
(c) To the bathroom.
(d) To the lake.

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

8. What does Mattie accept from Royal Loomis in Chapter 25?
(a) A correspondence notebook.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A feather boa.
(d) A horse.

9. Mattie sends money to her father to pay for what in the end of the novel?
(a) A new car.
(b) A new mule.
(c) He sister's wedding.
(d) Her sister's tuition.

10. The title of Emily Baxter’s new book that Mattie receives in Chapter 27 means what?
(a) A mourning hymn.
(b) An Irish ballad.
(c) An Egyptian goddess.
(d) An ancient ship.

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

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

13. Emmie Hubbard’s eldest son tells Mattie that his mother is upset after hearing word from whom in Chapter 18?
(a) Arn Satterlee.
(b) Mr. Eckler.
(c) Frank Loomis.
(d) Uncle Fifty.

14. How much money does Miss Wilcox send to Mattie with the book in Chapter 27?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $3.
(d) $1.

15. What does Weaver decide to do after his mother’s been robbed in Chapter 32?
(a) Get married.
(b) Attend N.Y.U.
(c) Move to Canada.
(d) Forego college.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the mule that dies in Chapter 20?

3. The two time frames that alternate in each chapter of the novel are approximately how far apart?

4. Henry, who works at the Glenmore, is originally from where?

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

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