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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. Who carries in the body of Grace Brown in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mr. Eckler.
(b) Mr. Guiness.
(c) Mr. Crabb.
(d) Mr. Hubbard.

2. What mountain range is the backdrop in the novel’s setting?
(a) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(b) The Rocky Mountains.
(c) The Adirondack Mountains
(d) The Appalachian Mountains.

3. What has happened to Lawton Gokey in the novel?
(a) He’s left his family.
(b) He’s been hanged for murder.
(c) He’s been put away in prison.
(d) He was murdered in Atlanta.

4. What movement is the writer Emily Baxter associated with in the novel?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Absurdism.

5. 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 Zilpha.
(c) The Machida.
(d) The Santa Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?

2. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 informs the addressee that she has failed to do what?

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

4. What teacher of Mattie’s shows enthusiasm for her acceptance to Barnard College?

5. The historical account of Chester Gillette is that he met Grace Brown at his uncle’s skirt factory located where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What promise does Uncle Fifty make to Mattie after he arrives? What gifts does he give to the Gokey children?

2. How does Mattie feel about her involvement in the crisis that occurs in the opening of the novel?

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

4. How is the character of Lawton Gokey described in the novel? How have Lawton’s actions influenced Mattie’s situation?

5. What does Mattie realize while out boating with Royal Loomis in Chapter 15? How does she feel about the realization?

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

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

8. What is Mattie’s central objective regarding her future in the beginning of A Northern Light? How is this objective tied to the chapter introductions in the book?

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

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

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