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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. For what reason does Mattie go to Emmie Hubbard’s home in Chapter 18?
(a) To give money to her.
(b) To borrow money from her.
(c) To loan her a novel.
(d) To console her.

2. Who invites Aleeta Smith to stay with her after she’s been robbed?
(a) Mrs. Hennessey.
(b) Martha Miller.
(c) Abby Gokey.
(d) Emmie Hubbard.

3. What is the name of the young woman who is engaged to Royal Loomis’s older brother?
(a) Abby Gokey.
(b) Emily Baxter.
(c) Martha Miller.
(d) Belinda Becker.

4. Where is Weaver going to attend college at the end of the novel?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Harvard University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book by Emily Baxter that Mattie receives in the mail from Miss Wilcox is a book of what?

2. Royal Loomis and who come to Mattie’s aid in tending her family’s farm in Chapter 25?

3. How long must Mattie leave her work at the hotel to tend to ill relatives in Chapter 25?

4. The two time frames that alternate in each chapter of the novel are approximately how far apart?

5. Mattie sends money to her father to pay for what in the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mattie discover through Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 19? What are her thoughts on this discovery?

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

3. How do Mattie and her coworkers elicit revenge on Mr. Maxwell in Chapter 31?

4. How does Mattie’s relationship with Royal Loomis progress in Chapter 18? How does this relate to Grace Brown’s story?

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

6. How does Mattie begin to equate Weaver Smith’s situation to that of Grace Brown in Chapter 33?

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

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

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

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

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