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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie impulsively spend most of her money on at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?
(a) An elegant ink pen.
(b) A romantic novel.
(c) A rose brooch.
(d) A composition book.

2. The House of Mirth is a novel written in what style?
(a) Novel of manners.
(b) Absurdist fiction.
(c) Factional novel.
(d) Science fiction.

3. What gift does Uncle Fifty give to Mattie during his visit?
(a) A fountain pen.
(b) A silk kimono.
(c) A book.
(d) A composition book.

4. How does Royal Loomis respond when Mattie tells him about her desires to go to college?
(a) He suggests a different college.
(b) He gives her money for travel.
(c) He doesn’t understand.
(d) He urges her to go.

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

6. How much money does Uncle Fifty promise to give Mattie for her trip to attend college?
(a) $30.
(b) $50.
(c) $20.
(d) $10.

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

8. Uncle Fifty shows up in Chapter 11 with a bundle of money from where?
(a) A coal mining expedition.
(b) A poker game win.
(c) A lumberjacking expedition.
(d) A gold mining expedition.

9. Each chapter in A Northern Light opens with what?
(a) An Irish ballad.
(b) A dictionary word.
(c) A Bible verse.
(d) A poem by Emily Dickinson.

10. Where does Mattie go with Royal when she realizes they are officially dating in Chapter 15?
(a) Boating.
(b) Auto racing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Horseback riding.

11. Who carries in the body of Grace Brown in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mr. Crabb.
(b) Mr. Hubbard.
(c) Mr. Eckler.
(d) Mr. Guiness.

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

13. Who does the narrator describe as sitting on “the porch until the end of time, rapping her cane on the railing for more lemonade” in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mrs. Ellis.
(b) Mr. Maxwell.
(c) Mrs. Hennessey.
(d) Mr. Eckler.

14. What does Mattie discover the works of Emily Baxter actually celebrate?
(a) Masculine independence.
(b) Women’s independence.
(c) Racial segregation.
(d) Immoral sexual acts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mattie asks Aunt Josie for financial help for college, Aunt Josie tells Mattie she’s as selfish as whom?

2. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s father in the novel?

3. What work does Mattie do for Aunt Josie?

4. Why is the farm not producing as well as it once was, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?

5. Who announces that Uncle Fifty has skipped town?

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