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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.
(a) She does not want to fill Zeena's place in Ethan's life.
(b) She can not stand the scrutiny of Ethan's gaze.
(c) Feels guilty over her affair with Ethan.
(d) She feels a sense of Zeena's presence there.

3. What reminds Ethan of Mattie as he walks to town?
(a) The spot where he kissed her by the spruce trees.
(b) All the sights and sounds of nature.
(c) The sled route they were to visit together.
(d) All the cheerful couples walking about town.

4. When Zeena arrives home, she ______________________________.
(a) Goes right to her room without saying anything.
(b) Demands that Mattie make dinner immediately.
(c) Leaves again to visit the town doctor.
(d) Tells Mattie she has hired a new girl.

5. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.
(a) Travel to Bettsbridge to see a new doctor.
(b) Bring Mattie to the train station.
(c) Threaten to leave Ethan.
(d) Travel to the Flats to pick up a hired girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wharton describes Zeena as possessing an air of ___________________.

2. Ethan dreads Zeena's trips to the doctor because _____________________________.

3. How has Mattie changed her appearance for Ethan?

4. In the morning, Ethan convinces himself that ________________________________.

5. Ethan knows Zeena has made plans because _____________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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