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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie give Weaver money for at the end of the novel?
(a) Travel to Maryland.
(b) Travel to Boston.
(c) Travel to New York.
(d) Travel to Mississippi.

2. Mattie begins working for Miss Wilcox on what days in Chapter 17?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Thursdays.

3. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided not to do what?
(a) Marry Royal Loomis.
(b) Apply for student loans.
(c) Attend college.
(d) Accept her father’s business.

4. What happens to Henry after he causes the milk to explode at the Glenmore?
(a) He is promoted.
(b) He is demoted.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He is deported.

5. What is the name of the mule that dies in Chapter 20?
(a) Willie.
(b) Wilba.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Vina.

6. Mattie’s principle concern about Royal Loomis in Chapter 18 is that he’s never told her what?
(a) About his involvement in the murder.
(b) About his inheritance.
(c) That he wants children.
(d) That he loves her.

7. Royal Loomis tells Mattie that he wants to buy her what in Chapter 18?
(a) A train trip.
(b) A car.
(c) A ring.
(d) A house.

8. While reading the works of Emily Dickinson in Chapter 23, Mattie considers whether what is incompatible with being a writer?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Leaving the house.

9. Mattie gets her father’s permission to go to work at the Glenmore Hotel in order to buy what?
(a) Travel money for college.
(b) A new carriage.
(c) A new mule.
(d) A new car.

10. Reading Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 19, Mattie realizes that Chester Gillette must have brought Grace to the Glenmore with the intention of doing what?
(a) Marrying her.
(b) Murdering her.
(c) Sending her to a convent.
(d) Giving her a large sum of money.

11. What does Mattie mail to Royal Loomis at the end of the novel?
(a) Her father's will.
(b) Money for land.
(c) Her college acceptance letter.
(d) Her engagement ring.

12. Why did Royal supposedly inform against Emmie Hubbard’s back-taxes in Chapter 29?
(a) He wants Emmie to get divorced.
(b) He wants Emmie’s property.
(c) He wants to marry Emmie’s daughter.
(d) He wants to have an affair with Emmie.

13. Who does Mattie tell about Miss Wilcox’s secret pseudonym in Chapters 17-19?
(a) Belinda Becker.
(b) No one.
(c) Mrs. Hennessey.
(d) Royal Loomis.

14. The servant girls at the Glenmore trick Mr. Maxwell into falling into what in Chapter 31?
(a) The lake.
(b) Dog excrement.
(c) The river.
(d) A pile of hay.

15. When was Emily Dickinson born?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1830.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weaver is beaten up by three men when he stands up for himself after being called what?

2. What is the title of Emily Baxter’s new book that Mattie received in the mail in Chapter 27?

3. Where does Mr. Maxwell always sit in the dining room at the Glenmore?

4. What does Mattie do in her work for Miss Wilcox in Chapter 17?

5. Where is Weaver going to attend college at the end of the novel?

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