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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 obtain her land.
(b) Because Mattie is pregnant.
(c) In order to obtain Mattie's future.
(d) In order to prevent Mattie from learning.

2. While reading Emily Dickinson in the beginning of Chapter 23, Mattie realizes that all the authors she admires are what?
(a) Poets.
(b) Novelists.
(c) Spinsters.
(d) Essayists.

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

4. What is the name of the young woman who is engaged to Royal Loomis’s older brother?
(a) Abby Gokey.
(b) Martha Miller.
(c) Belinda Becker.
(d) Emily Baxter.

5. On whose desk does Mattie leave Grace Brown’s letters in the end of the novel?
(a) Mr. Maxwell’s.
(b) Mr. Morrison’s.
(c) Mr. Eckler's.
(d) Uncle Fifty's.

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

7. 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 deliver them to the police.
(c) Mattie promised Grace she would burn them.
(d) Mattie promised Grace she would edit them.

8. Who invites Aleeta Smith to stay with her after she’s been robbed?
(a) Emmie Hubbard.
(b) Martha Miller.
(c) Mrs. Hennessey.
(d) Abby Gokey.

9. Royal Loomis tells Mattie that he wants to buy her what in Chapter 18?
(a) A car.
(b) A ring.
(c) A train trip.
(d) A house.

10. The picnic Mattie attends in Chapter 29 is in celebration of what?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) Independence Day.
(c) Homecoming.
(d) Autumn Harvest.

11. When Grace Brown was historically murdered, she was supposedly knocked unconscious with what object?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A polo stick.
(c) A tennis racket.
(d) A golf club.

12. How many of the family cows die from infection while Mattie is home in Chapter 25?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Mattie arrives at Emmie Hubbard’s home to discover Emmie engaged in sexual relations with whom in Chapter 18?

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

5. Emmie Hubbard’s eldest son tells Mattie that his mother is upset after hearing word that they have set the date for what in Chapter 18?

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