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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. What does Weaver decide to do after his mother’s been robbed in Chapter 32?
(a) Move to Canada.
(b) Forego college.
(c) Attend N.Y.U.
(d) Get married.

2. When Grace Brown was historically murdered, she was supposedly knocked unconscious with what object?
(a) A polo stick.
(b) A golf club.
(c) A tennis racket.
(d) A baseball bat.

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

4. What happens to Henry after he causes the milk to explode at the Glenmore?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is deported.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He is demoted.

5. When was Emily Dickinson born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1830.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s mother?

2. What do Mattie and Weaver borrow in order to visit Miss Wilcox before she leaves?

3. What kind of dog is it that Mattie is paid to feed and walk at the Glenmore?

4. What does Mattie give Weaver money for at the end of the novel?

5. On whose desk does Mattie leave Grace Brown’s letters in the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mattie trained at the Glenmore Hotel? Who does she work for?

2. How is the character of Mr. Maxwell introduced in Chapter 20? What are Mattie’s impressions of this character?

3. What does Mattie discover at the home of Emmie Hubbard in Chapter 18?

4. What event takes place surrounding Weaver Smith’s character in Chapter 22?

5. What decision does Mattie relate to Miss Wilcox when she visits her in Chapter 28? How does Miss Wilcox respond?

6. What does Miss Wilcox send to Mattie in Chapter 27? What news does she relate in her letter?

7. What event leads to Mattie’s employment at the Glenmore Hotel? How?

8. How does the relationship between Mattie and Royal Loomis progress in Chapter 25?

9. What information does Martha Miller present to Mattie regarding her engagement to Royal Loomis in Chapter 29?

10. How are the themes of duty and responsibility illustrated in Chapters 23-26?

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