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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 Mattie trained as at the Glenmore Hotel?

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

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

4. After Henry leaves out milk and causes it to explode, it comes to light that he was never really what?

5. Mattie arrives at Emmie Hubbard’s home to discover Emmie engaged in sexual relations with whom in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Mattie’s principle concerns about her relationship with Royal in Chapter 18? What does Tommy Hubbard relate to Mattie in this chapter?

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

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

5. What information does Martha Miller present to Mattie regarding her engagement to Royal Loomis in Chapter 29?

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

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

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

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

10. Where is Miss Wilcox planning to depart for in Chapter 27? How does Mattie visit her teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of identity in the novel. In what ways does Mattie struggle to define her identity in the story? How do Weaver and Minnie relate to the theme of identity? What symbolism represents this theme?

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

Discuss the character of Aunt Josie Aber in the novel. Is Aunt Josie related to Mattie maternally or paternally? How did Aunt Josie become wealthy? What characteristics does Aunt Josie exhibit toward her niece?

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