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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Ethan a sense of mastery at the end of the chapter?
(a) Knowing he had deceived Zeena.
(b) Quelling Mattie's fears over the broken pickle dish.
(c) Giving Mattie orders.
(d) Building a fire and cleaning up the house.

2. Why does Ethan insist on sitting in the front of the sled?
(a) He wants to feel Mattie's arms around him.
(b) He wants to feel the air in his face.
(c) He wants to be able to steer the sled.
(d) He wants to absorb the shock when they hit the elm.

3. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.
(a) The landscape of Starkfield.
(b) A vault after the dry cold of a night.
(c) A darkened hearth.
(d) Zeena's heart.

4. Ethan returns home to find _____________________________________.
(a) Mattie has already left for the train station.
(b) Mattie has gone into town to seek a job.
(c) Zeena sick in bed while Mattie nurses her.
(d) Zeena reading a book while Mattie struggles with her heavy trunk.

5. Wharton describes Ethan's mood as ________________________.
(a) Irrationally happy.
(b) Irrationally fearful.
(c) Cautiously optimistic.
(d) Hesitantly happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The smoke and haze from Ethan's pipe might represent ___________________________.

2. Ethan hopes that the bad roads or a late train might cause him to __________________________.

3. As he prepares the sorrel, Ethan remembers ______________________________.

4. Ethan dreads Zeena's trips to the doctor because _____________________________.

5. Mattie's note to Ethan reads ___________________________.

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