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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries in the body of Grace Brown in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Mr. Eckler.
(b) Mr. Guiness.
(c) Mr. Crabb.
(d) Mr. Hubbard.

2. Weaver Smith is the first what in his family?
(a) Heir to royalty.
(b) Freeborn man.
(c) Man to marry in a church.
(d) Millionaire.

3. How does Royal Loomis respond when Mattie tells him about her desires to go to college?
(a) He suggests a different college.
(b) He doesn’t understand.
(c) He urges her to go.
(d) He gives her money for travel.

4. The House of Mirth is a novel written in what style?
(a) Factional novel.
(b) Absurdist fiction.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Novel of manners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Weaver Smith hope to move to attend college?

2. What is the real name of the character called “Cook” in the novel?

3. The letter that Aunt Josie intercepts from the postmistress in Chapter 14 informs the addressee that she has failed to do what?

4. On what date does the narrator begin the story while describing standing on the porch of the Glenmore?

5. What age was Minnie Compeau when she left school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mattie’s father described in the novel? What are his principle concerns in the beginning of the story?

2. How is Mattie’s family characterized in Chapter 1? What central tensions in the family are introduced in this chapter?

3. How is the character of Weaver Smith described when he is introduced in Chapter 2?

4. What does Aunt Josie discover about Emmie Hubbard in Chapter 14? How does she make this discovery?

5. How is the theme of identity explored through the characters of Mattie, Weaver, and Minnie in Chapter 9?

6. Why has Uncle Fifty left in Chapter 12? How does his departure affect Mattie?

7. What clue does Mattie discover in Grace Brown’s letters in Chapter 13? What does she do with this information?

8. How is Minnie Compeau’s character described in Chapter 2?

9. What promise does Uncle Fifty make to Mattie after he arrives? What gifts does he give to the Gokey children?

10. How is the narrative of A Northern Light structured? What are the two timelines that occur in the story?

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