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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.
(a) He can leave Mattie to take care of herself.
(b) He can share some of his passions with Mattie.
(c) He can marry Mattie when Zeena dies.
(d) He can tell Mattie of his troubles with Zeena.

2. Ethan enjoys following Zeena's orders at first because ___________________________________________.
(a) He cannot run the farm without her help.
(b) They free him to leave the house and go about his business.
(c) They free him of responsibility to his home and family.
(d) They remind him of when his mother was alive and well.

3. Mattie's only skills include _______________________________________.
(a) Making dresses and singing.
(b) Book-keeping and clerical work.
(c) Making medicine, nursing others, and household chores.
(d) Making candy, playing piano minimally, and reciting poetry.

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

5. Zeena finally stopped criticizing Mattie when __________________________________.
(a) Mattie begged Zeena's forgiveness.
(b) Mattie grew stronger and more competent.
(c) Mattie asked Zeena to train her properly.
(d) Mattie grew silent and obedient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.

2. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

3. Ethan tries to disguise Mattie's unskilled efforts at housekeeping by ______________________________.

4. As Ethan walks through the trees he passes _______________________________.

5. Ethan is dismayed to find ________________________.

(see the answer key)

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