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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. Each chapter in A Northern Light opens with what?
(a) A Bible verse.
(b) A dictionary word.
(c) An Irish ballad.
(d) A poem by Emily Dickinson.

2. What’s the name of the boat that is dragging the lake in the beginning of the novel?
(a) The U.S.S. Constitution.
(b) The Santa Maria.
(c) The Zilpha.
(d) The Machida.

3. The House of Mirth is a novel written in what style?
(a) Absurdist fiction.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Novel of manners.
(d) Factional novel.

4. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 is intended for whom?
(a) Frank Loomis.
(b) Emmie Hubbard.
(c) Michael Gokey.
(d) Mrs. Maxwell.

5. Where does Weaver Smith hope to move to attend college?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Hartford, Connecticut.
(d) New York, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The House of Mirth?

2. What gift does Uncle Fifty give to Mattie during his visit?

3. By what name does Mattie refer to Aunt Josie’s husband in the narrative?

4. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?

5. What is the only book Mattie’s Aunt Josie suggests she read?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book does Miss Wilcox give to Mattie in Chapter 15? What are Mattie’s impressions of the book?

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

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

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

5. How is the character of Grace Brown depicted in the novel? What is the historical truth of this character?

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

7. What parallels does Mattie make between her situation and that of Grace Brown in Chapter 10?

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

9. Where does Mattie shop for books and other items in Chapter 6? What does she find here?

10. What conflicts regarding the expected roles of women are introduced in Chapter 1?

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