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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the title of Emily Baxter’s new book that Mattie received in the mail in Chapter 27?
(a) Absence of Fact.
(b) An Eternal Innocence.
(c) Threnody.
(d) A Woman's Dream.

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

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

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

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

9. When Weaver hears of Mattie’s plans for the future in Chapter 28, he tells her she may as well do what?
(a) Move to Paris.
(b) Marry a horse.
(c) Live in a convent.
(d) Go to Columbia.

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

11. Who is hired to help Mattie’s Pa with the farm in the end of the novel?
(a) Tommy Hubbard.
(b) Weaver Smith.
(c) Royal Loomis.
(d) Lawton Gokey.

12. 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?
(a) His sister's wedding.
(b) His father's funeral.
(c) The auction of her home.
(d) His mother's wedding.

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

14. 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 tends to her garden.
(d) She organizes her books.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invites Aleeta Smith to stay with her after she’s been robbed?

3. While reading the works of Emily Dickinson in Chapter 23, Mattie considers whether what is incompatible with being a writer?

4. Weaver is beaten up by three men who are what in Chapter 22?

5. After Henry leaves out milk and causes it to explode, it comes to light that he was never really what?

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