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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.
(a) Drive her to Michael Eady's store.
(b) Drive her to the train station.
(c) Bring the lumber to Mr. Hale.
(d) Accompany her to the doctor's office.

2. Ethan asks Mattie to sit in Zeena's chair because _____________________________.
(a) He can not hear her from across the room.
(b) He wants to see how she would look there in place of his wife.
(c) He cannot see her from where he sits.
(d) He wants to pretend they are married.

3. Zeena does not want to move from Starkfield because ________________________________________.
(a) She feels superior to the townspeople, and this gives her comfort.
(b) She feels threatened by the townspeople and is afraid to leave the house.
(c) She loves the town and its people.
(d) She loves the farm life.

4. Ethan's mother suggested she was listening to ___________________________.
(a) The television.
(b) Voices from the cemetery.
(c) The radio.
(d) Voices in her head.

5. Ethan claims that Mattie did not see him outside the church because _____________________________________.
(a) She was not looking for him.
(b) She went back inside to dance with Denis Eady.
(c) She was too busy talking to her friends.
(d) She did not expect him to show up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.

2. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.

3. When Mattie tried stenography and bookkeeping, _________________________________.

4. Ethan looks forward to the walks to meet Mattie because ______________________________.

5. Zeena's family is offended by Mattie's father because _______________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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