Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Northern Light? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The robin at Mamma Gokey's grave most likely symbolizes:
Mattie's broken dream.
Pa's guilt.
Lawton's abandonment.
Lou's desire to be loved.
Q. Mattie thinks that books:
are exact copies of the real world.
represent everything she cannot have in the world.
are ways to understand the world around her.
represent the social class of Eagle Bay.
Q. When Grace Brown's ghost asks Mattie why gravid sounds like grave, she's implying:
that the two words only sound similar, nothing more.
that being pregnant is a kind of death of oneself.
that the root of gravid is in the word grave.
that being pregnant is really serious business in the North Woods.
Q. Daisy the cow most likely represents:
Pa Gokey
Mattie Gokey
Mamma Gokey
Lawton Gokey
Q. Water in this book is most closely tied to:
fishing.
survival.
cleanliness.
female sexuality.