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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. What has Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband appeared in order to do in Chapter 17?
2. What does Weaver Smith hope to be one day?
3. Who is Royal’s ex-girlfriend that Mattie sees him arguing with at the picnic in Chapter 29?
4. Where is Weaver going to attend college at the end of the novel?
5. How does Miss Wilcox appear in response to Mattie’s decision about her future in Chapter 28?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Miss Wilcox send to Mattie in Chapter 27? What news does she relate in her letter?
2. What information does Miss Wilcox confess to Mattie in Chapter 17?
3. How does Mattie begin to equate Weaver Smith’s situation to that of Grace Brown in Chapter 33?
4. How are the themes of duty and responsibility illustrated in Chapters 23-26?
5. How do Mattie and her coworkers elicit revenge on Mr. Maxwell in Chapter 31?
6. What leads Mattie to leave the Glenmore Hotel and go home for a week in Chapter 25?
7. Where is Miss Wilcox planning to depart for in Chapter 27? How does Mattie visit her teacher?
8. How does the apprehension of the three trappers affect Weaver Smith in Chapter 24?
9. What work has Mattie begun doing for Miss Wilcox in Chapter 17? What does she discover when she arrives?
10. How is the character of Henry described in Chapter 21? What leads to Henry’s demotion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Racism and Sexism in A Northern Light
a. Discuss the ways that racism is addressed as a theme in the novel. Which characters in the story represent this theme? How?
b. Discuss ways that sexism and gender expectations are explored thematically in A Northern Light. Which characters represent this theme? How does the author connect the themes of racism and sexism?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the early feminist movement and the suffrage movement in the United States. When did women begin to demand the right to vote and when was the right granted? What are some examples of early feminist authors, and what were their main causes at the turn of the century? How does author Jennifer Donnelly depict this movement in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Mattie Gokey’s relationship to her family members. How many siblings does Mattie have? When did Mattie’s mother die and how did her death affect Mattie? What is Mattie’s relationship to her father like?
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