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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. Barnard College has been associated with what university since 1900?
(a) Boston University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Princeton University.

2. Why is the farm not producing as well as it once was, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) The bank foreclosed on half the land.
(b) The flooding has killed the trees.
(c) There aren’t enough hands to work it.
(d) The drought has caused the plants to die.

3. How does Royal Loomis respond when Mattie tells him about her desires to go to college?
(a) He suggests a different college.
(b) He urges her to go.
(c) He gives her money for travel.
(d) He doesn’t understand.

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

5. Mattie’s Aunt Josie is married to what kind of businessman?
(a) A coal mine owner.
(b) A sawmill owner.
(c) A dairy farm owner.
(d) A cattle rancher.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Glenmore Hotel is located by what body of water?

2. On what date does the narrator begin the story while describing standing on the porch of the Glenmore?

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

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

5. Mattie needs money for what expenses in order to attend college in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative of A Northern Light structured? What are the two timelines that occur in the story?

2. 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?

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

4. How is the character of Aunt Josie depicted in the novel? What are Aunt Josie’s principle concerns?

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

6. How is Mattie’s father described in the novel? What are his principle concerns in the beginning of the story?

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

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

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

10. How is the character of Weaver Smith described when he is introduced in Chapter 2?

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