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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided not to do what?
(a) Accept her father’s business.
(b) Apply for student loans.
(c) Marry Royal Loomis.
(d) Attend college.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why has Miss Baxter lost her job at the school in Chapter 27?
(a) Her identity has been revealed.
(b) She was caught cheating on finals.
(c) Her husband filed for divorce.
(d) She was caught with a student.

8. What has happened with Aleeta Smith’s house in Chapter 31?
(a) It's been sold to a banker.
(b) It's been renovated.
(c) It’s been burned down.
(d) It’s been auctioned.

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

10. After Henry leaves out milk and causes it to explode, it comes to light that he was never really what?
(a) A restaurant owner in Egypt.
(b) A businessman on Wall Street.
(c) An heir to Parisian royalty.
(d) A chef in a fine European restaurant.

11. 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.

12. Where is Mattie departing for at the end of the novel?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Hartford, Connecticut.

13. Who does Mattie learn Royal informed of Emmie Hubbard’s back-taxes in Chapter 29?
(a) Arn Satterlee.
(b) Lawton Gokey.
(c) Uncle Fifty.
(d) Belinda Becker.

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

15. 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) Grace Brown.
(d) Belinda Becker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s eldest brother?

2. Emmie Hubbard’s eldest son tells Mattie that his mother is upset after hearing word from whom in Chapter 18?

3. How long must Mattie leave her work at the hotel to tend to ill relatives in Chapter 25?

4. What does Mattie do in her work for Miss Wilcox in Chapter 17?

5. Weaver confronts Mattie in Chapter 30 of her need to face the truth regarding what?

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