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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mattie trained as at the Glenmore Hotel?
(a) A waitress.
(b) A woodcutter.
(c) A groundskeeper.
(d) A cook.

2. What does Weaver Smith hope to be one day?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A train engineer.

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

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

5. For what reason does Mattie go to Emmie Hubbard’s home in Chapter 18?
(a) To give money to her.
(b) To loan her a novel.
(c) To borrow money from her.
(d) To console her.

6. Where does Mr. Maxwell always sit in the dining room at the Glenmore?
(a) Table 1.
(b) Table 6.
(c) Table 3.
(d) Table 10.

7. 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 car.
(c) A new mule.
(d) A new carriage.

8. After Henry leaves out milk and causes it to explode, it comes to light that he was never really what?
(a) A restaurant owner in Egypt.
(b) A businessman on Wall Street.
(c) An heir to Parisian royalty.
(d) A chef in a fine European restaurant.

9. Emmie Hubbard’s eldest son tells Mattie that his mother is upset after hearing word from whom in Chapter 18?
(a) Arn Satterlee.
(b) Mr. Eckler.
(c) Uncle Fifty.
(d) Frank Loomis.

10. What has happened with Aleeta Smith’s house in Chapter 31?
(a) It's been renovated.
(b) It’s been auctioned.
(c) It’s been burned down.
(d) It's been sold to a banker.

11. Where did Emily Dickinson spend her life?
(a) Caspar, Wyoming.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Amherst, Massachusetts.
(d) San Francisco, California.

12. While reading Emily Dickinson in the beginning of Chapter 23, Mattie realizes that all the authors she admires are what?
(a) Novelists.
(b) Essayists.
(c) Poets.
(d) Spinsters.

13. What is the name of Minnie’s husband in the novel?
(a) Royal Compeau.
(b) Richard Compeau.
(c) Eric Compeau.
(d) Jim Compeau.

14. What does Mattie do in her work for Miss Wilcox in Chapter 17?
(a) She tends to her garden.
(b) She walks her dogs.
(c) She organizes her books.
(d) She tends to the horses.

15. What does Mattie accept from Royal Loomis in Chapter 25?
(a) A horse.
(b) A feather boa.
(c) A correspondence notebook.
(d) An engagement ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. The servant girls at the Glenmore trick Mr. Maxwell into falling into what in Chapter 31?

2. Weaver Smith’s ancestors were slaves where?

3. When she visits Miss Wilcox in Chapter 28, Mattie tells her she’s decided to do what?

4. Why has Miss Baxter lost her job at the school in Chapter 27?

5. On whose desk does Mattie leave Grace Brown’s letters in the end of the novel?

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