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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 is responsible for the robbing of Aleeta Smith?
(a) Three trappers.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard.
(c) Chester Cleveland.
(d) Weaver Smith.

2. How much is the tip that Mr. Maxwell leaves Mattie after exposing himself in Chapter 21?
(a) $1.
(b) $.50.
(c) $5.
(d) $2.

3. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided not to do what?
(a) Marry Royal Loomis.
(b) Accept her father’s business.
(c) Apply for student loans.
(d) Attend college.

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

5. Mattie’s principle concern about Royal Loomis in Chapter 18 is that he’s never told her what?
(a) About his involvement in the murder.
(b) About his inheritance.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he wants children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emmie Hubbard’s eldest son tells Mattie that his mother is upset after hearing word that they have set the date for what in Chapter 18?

2. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s eldest brother?

3. Who invites Aleeta Smith to stay with her after she’s been robbed?

4. What does Mattie accept from Royal Loomis in Chapter 25?

5. Reading Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 19, Mattie realizes that Chester Gillette must have brought Grace to the Glenmore with the intention of doing what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the character of Henry described in Chapter 21? What leads to Henry’s demotion?

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

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

5. What news does Pa bring to Mattie regarding Weaver Smith’s family in Chapter 32?

6. What discovery does Mattie make while reading the works of Emily Dickinson in Chapter 23?

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

8. What leads Mattie to leave the Glenmore Hotel and go home for a week in Chapter 25?

9. What information does Miss Wilcox confess to Mattie in Chapter 17?

10. How does the apprehension of the three trappers affect Weaver Smith in Chapter 24?

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