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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie is revealed when Zeena presses Ethan to pay for a hired girl?
(a) Ethan's lie that he needed to collect money from Andrew Hale.
(b) Ethan's lie that he had loved Zeena when they were first married.
(c) Zeena's lie about needing to see another doctor.
(d) Mattie's lie about planning to be married.

2. Because Ethan is too afraid to touch Mattie, he settles for _______________________________.
(a) Holding her hands while they talk.
(b) Kissing the fabric she is sewing.
(c) Kissing the cat on the head.
(d) Pressing his cheek against hers.

3. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.
(a) She feels a sense of Zeena's presence there.
(b) She can not stand the scrutiny of Ethan's gaze.
(c) She does not want to fill Zeena's place in Ethan's life.
(d) Feels guilty over her affair with Ethan.

4. Zeena's cat ____________________________.
(a) Watches Ethan and hisses at him.
(b) Claws at Mattie when she sits in Zeena's chair.
(c) Falls asleep on top of Mattie's sewing.
(d) Watches them through narrowed eyes.

5. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.
(a) She will be sent away from the Fromes with no other place to go.
(b) She is growing old.
(c) She will never find love in Starkfield.
(d) She is not strong enough to take care of Zeena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan recognizes Mattie by her _________________________.

2. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.

3. Ethan tries to avoid accompanying his wife to bed by claiming ________________________________.

4. As he travels to town, Ethan dreams about ______________________________.

5. What gives Ethan a sense of mastery at the end of the chapter?

(see the answer key)

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