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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

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) Accompany her to the doctor's office.
(d) Bring the lumber to Mr. Hale.

2. Who visited Mattie while Ethan was away during the day?
(a) Denis Eady.
(b) Jotham Powell.
(c) Andrew Hale.
(d) Daniel Byrne.

3. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.
(a) She is growing old.
(b) She is not strong enough to take care of Zeena.
(c) She will be sent away from the Fromes with no other place to go.
(d) She will never find love in Starkfield.

4. Ethan invites Jotham to dinner because _______________________________________.
(a) He needs to talk to Jotham about his work.
(b) He wants a neutral presence there since Zeena has returned.
(c) He wants an objective observer to hear Zeena's health complaints.
(d) He knows Zeena will not ask about money with Jotham there.

5. Zeena's family is offended by Mattie's father because _______________________________________.
(a) He moved to Connecticut and became financially successful.
(b) He moved away from the hills and never spoke to them again.
(c) He moved west during the Gold Rush.
(d) He moved to Connecticut and got an education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the previous night, Ethan feels a sense of _______________.

2. When Zeena suggests that Mattie has "taken from her" the one she cared about most of all, she is referring to _____________________________.

3. Ethan is dismayed to find ________________________.

4. Ethan claims he continues to mention Mattie's eventual marriage because __________________________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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