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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Mrs. Hale express for Ethan?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

2. Ethan believes Mattie understands ________________________________.
(a) His desire to keep Zeena from arriving at home.
(b) His urgency to be alone with her again.
(c) His unwillingness to help her around the house.
(d) His need to get the lumber delivered.

3. Zeena believes Mattie enjoys living in Starkfield only because ______________________________.
(a) Mattie has her sights set on marriage.
(b) Mattie is in love with Ethan.
(c) Mattie can live rent-free with Zeena and Ethan.
(d) Mattie has no other place to go.

4. For Ethan, Zeena personifies ______________________________-.
(a) His dishonesty and treachery.
(b) All his triumphs and successes.
(c) All his failures and humiliations.
(d) His love and support.

5. As he travels to town, Ethan dreams about ______________________________.
(a) Zeena's illness and death.
(b) His mother's presence in his home.
(c) Spending his evening waiting for Zeena to arrive.
(d) Spending his evening with Mattie like a married couple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie lives with the Fromes because ____________________________.

2. The day's bad weather foreshadows _________________________.

3. Ethan's room is unusable for several months of the year because ______________________________________.

4. After the accident, Ethan thinks he hears _____________________________.

5. Ethan enjoys following Zeena's orders at first because ___________________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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