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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pa tells Mattie in Chapter 12 that if she leaves the family to go to college, then he will do what?
(a) See that she obtains a good dowry.
(b) See that she has the money to start her career.
(c) Give her the inheritance left by his aunt.
(d) o longer welcome her into his home.

2. What is the name of Mattie’s five-year-old sister?
(a) Abby Gokey.
(b) Ellen Gokey.
(c) Beth Gokey.
(d) Louisa Gokey.

3. Who wrote The House of Mirth?
(a) Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Emily Bronte.

4. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?
(a) Tommy Hubbard's.
(b) Frank Loomis's.
(c) Chester Gillette’s.
(d) Michael Gokley’s.

5. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie realizes that who is really named Chester Gillette?
(a) Carl Grahm.
(b) Tommy Hubbard.
(c) Peter Jackson.
(d) James McCready.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie has heard that the works of Emily Baxter are what before she reads them?

2. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie discovers that Grace was what in Chapter 16?

3. Mattie’s Aunt Josie is married to what kind of businessman?

4. What had Grace Brown given Mattie to burn in A Northern Light?

5. Who announces that Uncle Fifty has skipped town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purchase does Mattie impulsively make in Chapter 6? What are her thoughts on this action?

2. What clue does Mattie discover in Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 13? What does she do with this information?

3. What does Mattie discover through Grace Brown’s letter in Chapter 16? What does this clue indicate to Mattie?

4. What is the crisis that occurs in the opening of A Northern Light? How does this crisis involve the protagonist of the novel?

5. How is Uncle Fifty’s character described when he arrives in Chapter 11?

6. Why has Uncle Fifty left in Chapter 12? How does his departure affect Mattie?

7. How is the character of Royal Loomis described in the novel? How is his relationship with Mattie characterized?

8. What is an example from the novel of Mattie’s tendency for romantic idealization?

9. What is Aunt Josie’s reply when Mattie asks her for financial assistance in Chapter 8?

10. How is Minnie Compeau’s character described in Chapter 2?

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