2. Wharton compares Mattie's hair to "a drift of mist on the moon," which suggests ___________________________.
(a) Ugliness and coarseness.
(b) Logic and reality.
(c) Fear and doom.
(d) Fantasy and impermanence.

3. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.
(a) Only twenty-eight years old.
(b) Only twenty-five years old.
(c) Only thirty-five years old.
(d) Only twenty-seven years old.

4. Ethan's mother suggested she was listening to ___________________________.
(a) Voices in her head.
(b) The television.
(c) Voices from the cemetery.
(d) The radio.

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

6. Ethan and Mattie do not go sledding that evening because ___________________________.
(a) It is too dark outside.
(b) Ethan forgot their plans to go sledding.
(c) It is too cold outside.
(d) Mattie forgot their plans to go sledding.

7. Zeena does not want to move from Starkfield because ________________________________________.
(a) She feels threatened by the townspeople and is afraid to leave the house.
(b) She loves the farm life.
(c) She feels superior to the townspeople, and this gives her comfort.
(d) She loves the town and its people.

8. Lying in bed the previous night, Ethan regretted __________________________.
(a) Kissing Mattie.
(b) Getting caught holding Mattie when Zeena opened the door.
(c) Not leaving Zeena long ago.
(d) Not kissing Mattie.

9. What is happening at the church at midnight?
(a) The church social is taking place.
(b) The church services are taking place.
(c) Christmas Eve is being celebrated.
(d) A town meeting is taking place.

10. Ethan is intimidated by Michael Eady because _________________________.
(a) Eady is more handsome than Ethan.
(b) Eady is bigger and stronger than Ethan.
(c) Eady is successful and flirtatious.
(d) Eady is a known gold digger.

11. How has Mattie changed her appearance for Ethan?
(a) She has worn her best dress.
(b) She has worn a bonnet on her head.
(c) She has borrowed on of Zeena's dresses.
(d) She has tied a red ribbon in her hair.

12. Ethan is dismayed to find ________________________.
(a) Mattie standing alone in a corner.
(b) Mattie is forced to dance with an undesirable partner.
(c) Mattie has disappeared into the crowd.
(d) Mattie dancing happily with the grocer's son.

13. Ethan is unpleasantly surprised when his wife notices __________________________________.
(a) That he is always late for work since Mattie arrived.
(b) That he has taken to sleeping in his office.
(c) That he is envious of Michael Eady.
(d) That he has taken to shaving every day since Mattie arrived.

14. Ethan asks Mattie to sit in Zeena's chair because _____________________________.
(a) He can not hear her from across the room.
(b) He wants to pretend they are married.
(c) He cannot see her from where he sits.
(d) He wants to see how she would look there in place of his wife.

15. Ethan dreads Zeena's trips to the doctor because _____________________________.
(a) They cost so much.
(b) She returns sicker than she was when she left.
(c) She never trusts what the doctors say.
(d) He does not believe she is sick.