1. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.
(a) She is an unpaid aid in the Frome's home, and might be unhappy otherwise.
(b) She has threatened to leave the Fromes many times, and they wish to keep her happy.
(c) She has frequently complained of missing her old life of leisure and revelry.
(d) She is a nuisance in the Frome's home.

2. What details does the narrator provide about the Fromes?
(a) He says he was given dinner and slept in the barn.
(b) He says he does not wish to discuss the matter.
(c) He says he was given food and sent on his way.
(d) He says he was treated with kindness and slept in the study.

3. Why is Zeena still awake when Ethan and Mattie arrive at home?
(a) She claims she was worried about them in the storm.
(b) She claims she was jealous of Mattie and Ethan.
(c) She claims she was too cold to sleep.
(d) She claims she felt so mean she could not sleep.

4. When Ethan asks Andrew Hale for money, __________________________________________.
(a) Hale suggests that Ethan work for him.
(b) Hale gets angry and asks Ethan to leave.
(c) Hale claims money is too tight for him at the moment.
(d) Hale guesses that Ethan has lied to Zeena about money.

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