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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mattie worries that Zeena ______________________________.
(a) Is not satisfied with her work.
(b) Is jealous of Mattie's money.
(c) Is jealous of Mattie's affair with Ethan.
(d) Is not satisfied with Ethan's farming abilities.

3. What is happening at the church at midnight?
(a) The church services are taking place.
(b) A town meeting is taking place.
(c) Christmas Eve is being celebrated.
(d) The church social is taking place.

4. Mattie lives with the Fromes because ____________________________.
(a) She is Zeena's cousin and acts as her aid.
(b) She is a hired girl acting as Zeena's aid.
(c) She is a friend of the family who needed work.
(d) She is Ethan's cousin, and acts as their housekeeper.

5. Ethan knows Zeena has made plans because _____________________________________.
(a) She is still in bed when he gets home.
(b) She is dressed in traveling clothes.
(c) She has ordered a taxi to take her to town.
(d) She is wearing her pajamas.

Short Answer Questions

1. With Mattie, Ethan feels ____________________.

2. Where is Ethan Frome going at the start of Chapter 1?

3. Why does Ethan hide outside the church when waiting for Mattie?

4. Ethan does his clearest thinking while _______________________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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