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

2. Less than how many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

3. While reading the works of Emily Dickinson in Chapter 23, Mattie considers whether what is incompatible with being a writer?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Leaving the house.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Drinking.

4. What is Mattie trained as at the Glenmore Hotel?
(a) A groundskeeper.
(b) A cook.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A woodcutter.

5. Where does one of the servants at the Glenmore lure Mr. Maxwell in Chapter 31?
(a) To the bathroom.
(b) To the lake.
(c) To the attic.
(d) To the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Weaver hears of Mattie’s plans for the future in Chapter 28, he tells her she may as well do what?

2. What causes Mattie internal conflict regarding the letters of Grace Brown in the novel?

3. Why has Miss Baxter lost her job at the school in Chapter 27?

4. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided not to do what?

5. Who in Mattie’s family becomes ill with grippe in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mattie’s visit to Minnie affect her perceptions of family and marriage in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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

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