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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Grace Brown was historically murdered, she was supposedly knocked unconscious with what object?
(a) A golf club.
(b) A polo stick.
(c) A tennis racket.
(d) A baseball bat.

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

4. What kind of dog is it that Mattie is paid to feed and walk at the Glenmore?
(a) Husky.
(b) Scottish Terrier.
(c) German Shepherd.
(d) Great Dane.

5. Royal Loomis and who come to Mattie’s aid in tending her family’s farm in Chapter 25?
(a) Emmie Hubbard.
(b) Iva Loomis.
(c) Minnie Compeau.
(d) Mr. Maxwell.

6. What is the name of the dog that Mattie is paid to feed and walk at the Glenmore?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Rover.
(c) Barney.
(d) Maxwell.

7. The two time frames that alternate in each chapter of the novel are approximately how far apart?
(a) A few months.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Three years.
(d) A week.

8. Royal’s ex-girlfriend confronts Mattie with her belief that Royal wants to marry Mattie for what reason in Chapter 29?
(a) In order to obtain Mattie's future.
(b) In order to obtain her land.
(c) In order to prevent Mattie from learning.
(d) Because Mattie is pregnant.

9. Henry, who works at the Glenmore, is originally from where?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

10. What causes Mattie internal conflict regarding the letters of Grace Brown in the novel?
(a) Mattie promised Grace she would deliver them to the police.
(b) Mattie promised Grace she would burn them.
(c) Mattie promised Grace she would edit them.
(d) Mattie promised Grace she would deliver them to Chester.

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

12. Weaver is beaten up by three men when he stands up for himself after being called what?
(a) A leper.
(b) A sexist slur.
(c) A coward.
(d) A racial slur.

13. Who in Mattie’s family becomes ill with grippe in Chapter 25?
(a) Uncle Fifty.
(b) Abby and Chester.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Aunt Josie.

14. What is the name of the young woman who is engaged to Royal Loomis’s older brother?
(a) Abby Gokey.
(b) Martha Miller.
(c) Emily Baxter.
(d) Belinda Becker.

15. The book by Emily Baxter that Mattie receives in the mail from Miss Wilcox is a book of what?
(a) Essays.
(b) Short stories.
(c) Limericks.
(d) Poems.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is responsible for the robbing of Aleeta Smith?

3. What is the name of Royal Loomis’s mother?

4. What has Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband appeared in order to do in Chapter 17?

5. Who invites Aleeta Smith to stay with her after she’s been robbed?

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