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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Wilcox admits to Mattie in Chapter 17 that her pseudonym is what?
(a) Martha Miller.
(b) Aleeta Smith.
(c) Emily Baxter.
(d) Minnie Compeau.

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

3. 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) Giving her a large sum of money.
(c) Murdering her.
(d) Marrying her.

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

5. Where does Miss Wilcox say she intends to flee to in her letter in Chapter 27?
(a) London.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

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

7. When Mattie discovers Emmie Hubbard engaged in sexual activity with a man in Chapter 18, Mattie surmises that how many of Mrs. Hubbard’s children are illegitimate?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

10. Who in Mattie’s family becomes ill with grippe in Chapter 25?
(a) Uncle Fifty.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Aunt Josie.
(d) Abby and Chester.

11. What is Mattie trained as at the Glenmore Hotel?
(a) A woodcutter.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A cook.
(d) A groundskeeper.

12. 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.

13. Where did Emily Dickinson spend her life?
(a) Caspar, Wyoming.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Amherst, Massachusetts.
(d) San Francisco, California.

14. The book by Emily Baxter that Mattie receives in the mail from Miss Wilcox is a book of what?
(a) Essays.
(b) Limericks.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Poems.

15. Excerpts from what historical documents are included in A Northern Light?
(a) Chester Gillette's letters.
(b) Grace Brown’s letters.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) Chester Gillette’s murder transcripts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mattie departing for at the end of the novel?

2. Royal’s ex-girlfriend confronts Mattie with her belief that Royal wants to marry Mattie for what reason in Chapter 29?

3. What does Mattie mail to Royal Loomis at the end of the novel?

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

5. Who does Mattie have nightmares about in Chapter 30?

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