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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The servant girls at the Glenmore trick Mr. Maxwell into falling into what in Chapter 31?
(a) The river.
(b) The lake.
(c) A pile of hay.
(d) Dog excrement.
2. What does Mattie accept from Royal Loomis in Chapter 25?
(a) An engagement ring.
(b) A horse.
(c) A feather boa.
(d) A correspondence notebook.
3. 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 prevent Mattie from learning.
(b) In order to obtain her land.
(c) In order to obtain Mattie's future.
(d) Because Mattie is pregnant.
4. When Mattie visits her friend Minnie after the twins are born, how is Minnie’s mental state characterized?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Blissful.
5. What has Miss Wilcox’s estranged husband appeared in order to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Convince his wife to return to him.
(b) Convince his wife to become a writer.
(c) Convince his wife to grant him a divorce.
(d) Convince his wife to give him custody of their children.
6. Where does one of the servants at the Glenmore lure Mr. Maxwell in Chapter 31?
(a) To the attic.
(b) To the lake.
(c) To the river.
(d) To the bathroom.
7. What does Mattie mail to Royal Loomis at the end of the novel?
(a) Money for land.
(b) Her college acceptance letter.
(c) Her engagement ring.
(d) Her father's will.
8. The title of Emily Baxter’s new book that Mattie receives in Chapter 27 means what?
(a) An Egyptian goddess.
(b) A mourning hymn.
(c) An Irish ballad.
(d) An ancient ship.
9. What does the term “grippe” from the novel refer to?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Influenza.
10. On whose desk does Mattie leave Grace Brown’s letters in the end of the novel?
(a) Uncle Fifty's.
(b) Mr. Morrison’s.
(c) Mr. Eckler's.
(d) Mr. Maxwell’s.
11. Emily Dickinson was known for her penchant for what colored clothing?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.
12. How does Miss Wilcox appear in response to Mattie’s decision about her future in Chapter 28?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Proud.
13. Why did Royal supposedly inform against Emmie Hubbard’s back-taxes in Chapter 29?
(a) He wants to marry Emmie’s daughter.
(b) He wants Emmie’s property.
(c) He wants to have an affair with Emmie.
(d) He wants Emmie to get divorced.
14. How long must Mattie leave her work at the hotel to tend to ill relatives in Chapter 25?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 1 week.
15. Less than how many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the dog that Mattie is paid to feed and walk at the Glenmore?
2. Mattie compares her love for Royal with Grace Brown’s love for whom in Chapter 26?
3. Where is Mattie departing for at the end of the novel?
4. What is the name of Minnie’s husband in the novel?
5. When was Emily Dickinson born?
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