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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"
(a) The new stove Ethan put in.
(b) Zeena's absence.
(c) Flowers Ethan brings for Mattie.
(d) Mattie's cleaning.

2. The smoke and haze from Ethan's pipe might represent ___________________________.
(a) Confusion of reality.
(b) Zeena's ghost.
(c) The threat of death.
(d) Societal oppression.

3. What does Zeena claim the doctor has ordered her to do?
(a) Travel to the next town to see another doctor.
(b) Take in a hired girl to help around the house.
(c) Remove all stress from her daily life.
(d) Stay in bed.

4. When Ethan and Mattie arrive at home, they cannot find _______________________.
(a) The sled.
(b) The key to the barn.
(c) The key to the house.
(d) The keys to the car.

5. How does Ethan solve the glue problem?
(a) He uses flour paste to fix the dish.
(b) He buys it at another store.
(c) He uses wood glue from his shed to fix the dish.
(d) He throws the dish away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brought Ethan back to the farm, ending his studies at Worcester?

2. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

3. What happens to Ethan's horse?

4. Mattie worries that Zeena ______________________________.

5. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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