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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan asks Mattie to sit in Zeena's chair because _____________________________.
(a) He wants to pretend they are married.
(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 can not hear her from across the room.

2. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.
(a) He does not want Mattie to see him show kindness to Zeena.
(b) He does not want to give in to Zeena's demands.
(c) He does not want Mattie to be left downstairs alone.
(d) He does not want Mattie to watch them go up to bed together.

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

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

5. Though Ethan's studies were brief, the author states that he became aware of
(a) The many levels of consciousness.
(b) Absolute truth and literal meanings.
(c) Cloudy meanings behind the daily face of things.
(d) The several dimensions of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan claims that Mattie did not see him outside the church because _____________________________________.

2. Ethan's love of nature does not extend to ___________________.

3. Ethan and Jotham put off their trip into town because ________________________.

4. Ethan finds Zeena _______________________________.

5. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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