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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 is the name of the head chef at the Glenmore Hotel?

2. What is the name of the young woman who is engaged to Royal Loomis’s older brother?

3. Who is Royal’s ex-girlfriend that Mattie sees him arguing with at the picnic in Chapter 29?

4. How many of the family cows die from infection while Mattie is home in Chapter 25?

5. The picnic Mattie attends in Chapter 29 is in celebration of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mattie learn about Royal Loomis’s involvement in the foreclosure of Emmie Hubbard’s home in Chapter 29?

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

3. What work has Mattie begun doing for Miss Wilcox in Chapter 17? What does she discover when she arrives?

4. How do the events in Chapters 20-22 affect Mattie’s perception of the world around her?

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

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

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

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

9. How is the theme of appearances versus reality manifested in A Northern Light?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the character of Royal Loomis in the novel. What is Grace’s relationship with Royal? How long have they had this relationship? How does the relationship evolve in the course of the narrative?

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