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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chester Gillette attended preparatory school at what college?
(a) Princeton College.
(b) Harvard College.
(c) Rutgers College.
(d) Oberlin College.

2. What is the name of Mattie’s mother who passed away?
(a) Ellen Gokey.
(b) Sarah Gokey.
(c) Louisa Gokey.
(d) Beth Gokey.

3. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?
(a) Tommy Hubbard's.
(b) Chester Gillette’s.
(c) Michael Gokley’s.
(d) Frank Loomis's.

4. In what neighborhood is Barnard College located?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) SoHo.
(c) Brooklyn Heights.
(d) Morningside Heights.

5. Mattie has earned the money that she spends at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay by picking what plants?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Fiddlehead ferns.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Daisies.

6. How old is Louisa Gokey in the novel?
(a) 14.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

7. Where did Uncle Fifty show up drunk and passed out when he arrived at Mattie’s family home?
(a) In a manure pile.
(b) In a horse trough.
(c) In a pile of hay.
(d) On the front porch.

8. Grace Brown’s last letter to Chester Gillette was dated when?
(a) July 1, 1905.
(b) July 11, 1906.
(c) July 5, 1906.
(d) June 16, 1905.

9. The historical account of Chester Gillette is that he met Grace Brown at his uncle’s skirt factory located where?
(a) Cortland, New York.
(b) Loudonville, New York.
(c) Wynantskill, New York.
(d) Troy, New York.

10. Mattie needs money for what expenses in order to attend college in the novel?
(a) Books and travel.
(b) Tuition fees.
(c) Entrance fees.
(d) Room and board.

11. From what narrative perspective is A Northern Light related?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

12. What work does Mattie do for Aunt Josie?
(a) Housecleaning.
(b) Book organizing.
(c) Dictation.
(d) Yard work.

13. What movement is the writer Emily Baxter associated with in the novel?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Dadaism.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Romanticism.

14. Why is the farm not producing as well as it once was, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) The drought has caused the plants to die.
(b) There aren’t enough hands to work it.
(c) The bank foreclosed on half the land.
(d) The flooding has killed the trees.

15. What is the name of Mattie’s five-year-old sister?
(a) Louisa Gokey.
(b) Abby Gokey.
(c) Beth Gokey.
(d) Ellen Gokey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie realizes that who is really named Chester Gillette?

2. When was The House of Mirth first published?

3. What is the real name of the character called “Cook” in the novel?

4. Who wrote The House of Mirth?

5. When was Barnard College founded?

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