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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Emily Baxter is said to be what kind of writer in the novel?
(a) A poet.
(b) A historical romantic novelist.
(c) A science-fiction novelist.
(d) An essayist.

3. Where does Weaver Smith hope to move to attend college?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

4. Reading Grace Brown’s letters, Mattie realizes that who is really named Chester Gillette?
(a) Tommy Hubbard.
(b) Carl Grahm.
(c) Peter Jackson.
(d) James McCready.

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

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

7. Who wrote The House of Mirth?
(a) Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Emily Bronte.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

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

9. When Mattie asks Aunt Josie for financial help for college, Aunt Josie tells Mattie she’s as selfish as whom?
(a) Michael Gokey.
(b) Lawton Gokey.
(c) Beth Gokey.
(d) Louisa Gokey.

10. What mountain range is the backdrop in the novel’s setting?
(a) The Rocky Mountains.
(b) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(c) The Adirondack Mountains
(d) The Appalachian Mountains.

11. What is the name of the string of eight lakes that are featured in Mattie’s hometown in the novel?
(a) The Great Cavern Lakes.
(b) The Tri-County Lakes.
(c) The Upper Peninsula Lakes.
(d) The Fulton Chain Lakes.

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

13. How many acres of property does Royal Loomis’s father own adjacent to the Gokey farm?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 300.
(d) 90.

14. How is Uncle Fifty related to Mattie?
(a) Uncle Fifty is her father’s older brother.
(b) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s younger brother.
(c) Uncle Fifty is her father’s younger brother.
(d) Uncle Fifty is her mother’s uncle.

15. What teacher of Mattie’s shows enthusiasm for her acceptance to Barnard College?
(a) Miss James.
(b) Miss Parrish.
(c) Miss Wilcox.
(d) Miss Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie discover the works of Emily Baxter actually celebrate?

2. What does Mattie impulsively spend most of her money on at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?

3. What is the only book Mattie’s Aunt Josie suggests she read?

4. What movement is the writer Emily Baxter associated with in the novel?

5. How old is Louisa Gokey in the novel?

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