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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Weaver Smith is the first what in his family?
2. Pa tells Mattie in Chapter 12 that if she leaves the family to go to college, then he will do what?
3. When was Barnard College founded?
4. Who carries in the body of Grace Brown in the beginning of the novel?
5. Who does Pa blame for Mattie’s ambition to attend college?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the crisis that occurs in the opening of A Northern Light? How does this crisis involve the protagonist of the novel?
2. How is the character of Lawton Gokey described in the novel? How have Lawton’s actions influenced Mattie’s situation?
3. How does Mattie feel about her involvement in the crisis that occurs in the opening of the novel?
4. How is Mattie’s family characterized in Chapter 1? What central tensions in the family are introduced in this chapter?
5. How is Uncle Fifty’s character described when he arrives in Chapter 11?
6. 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?
7. How is the narrative of A Northern Light structured? What are the two timelines that occur in the story?
8. How is the character of Emmie Hubbard described? What information does the reader learn of Emmie’s situation in Chapter 14?
9. What does Mattie discover through Grace Brown’s letter in Chapter 16? What does this clue indicate to Mattie?
10. How is the character of Royal Loomis described in the novel? How is his relationship with Mattie characterized?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the characters of Emmie Hubbard and the Hubbard children in the novel. What relationship does Mattie have with the Hubbards? What is Emmie Hubbard’s greatest obstacle in the story? How is this obstacle eventually overcome?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Mattie’s relationship with Miss Wilcox and Miss Wilcox’s response when Mattie informs her of her plans to marry Royal Loomis. Why do you think Miss Wilcox is disappointed? How does Mattie’s situation reflect on her own?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the theme of duty and obligation as seen in A Northern Light. How are Mattie’s duties to her family at odds with her desires to become a writer? When in your experience have you had to choose between duty and desire? What do you think Mattie should choose? Why?
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