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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.
(a) If she would like to go coasting some night.
(b) If she would like to leave Starkfield with him.
(c) If she loves him.
(d) If she wants to continue working for him.

3. Zeena's cat ____________________________.
(a) Watches them through narrowed eyes.
(b) Claws at Mattie when she sits in Zeena's chair.
(c) Watches Ethan and hisses at him.
(d) Falls asleep on top of Mattie's sewing.

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

5. What motif continues to suggest a promise of happiness or well-being for Ethan at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The motif of darkness.
(b) The motif of color.
(c) The motif of light.
(d) The motif of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Fromes take Mattie into their home because ____________________________________.

2. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.

3. Ethan immediately regrets telling Zeena he will get money from Mr. Hale because ________________________________________.

4. Ethan claims sledding is dangerous on a night like this one because ___________________________________.

5. What word best describes the mood of the scene between Ethan and Mattie?

(see the answer key)

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