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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan asks Mattie to sit in Zeena's chair because _____________________________.
(a) He can not hear her from across the room.
(b) He wants to pretend they are married.
(c) He cannot see her from where he sits.
(d) He wants to see how she would look there in place of his wife.

2. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.
(a) Plenty of advice but little help.
(b) Money to start a new life for herself.
(c) Plenty of money and advice.
(d) Plenty of help, but she rejected them.

3. Ethan feels too constrained to try to touch Mattie inside the house because ____________________________________________.
(a) The house reminds him of his wedding day.
(b) The house has too many implications of order and conformity.
(c) The house seems to store up guilt and confessions.
(d) The house has too many happy memories of Zeena.

4. Instead of asking the Hales for money, Ethan _________________________.
(a) Goes to the train station.
(b) Hides out in the barn.
(c) Goes home.
(d) Goes to visit Jotham Powell.

5. What word best describes the mood of the scene between Ethan and Mattie?
(a) Somber.
(b) Expectant.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan makes Mattie uncomfortable when he mentions __________________________________.

2. Mattie knows Ethan slept in the unheated study because ________________________________.

3. Zeena's cat ____________________________.

4. What reminds Ethan of Mattie as he walks to town?

5. Zeena has only made arrangements for _____________________.

(see the answer key)

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