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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Zeena changed since the accident?
(a) Zeena feels responsible for the accident, and this exaggerates her illness.
(b) Zeena has gained strength and now cares for Ethan and Mattie.
(c) Zeena has grown quiet like Ethan's mother.
(d) Zeena has grown affectionate and loving with Ethan.

2. After the sled accident, Mattie _____________________________________.
(a) Was cast out again by Zeena and Ethan.
(b) Was sent back to her family in another town.
(c) Was cared for by the Eady family.
(d) Was brought to recover at the Hales' house.

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

4. How does Zeena find the broken pickle dish?
(a) She finds it when the cat brings pieces of it into the kitchen.
(b) She finds it when she goes to unpack her clothing.
(c) She finds it when she goes looking for medicinal powders.
(d) She finds pieces of it in the trash.

5. Ethan's room is unusable for several months of the year because ______________________________________.
(a) Zeena uses it for storage.
(b) Zeena uses it as a sewing room in the winter.
(c) He had to move the stove to Mattie's room, so the study has no heat.
(d) It faces the sunlight in the west.

6. When Zeena suggests that Mattie has "taken from her" the one she cared about most of all, she is referring to _____________________________.
(a) Her red pickle dish.
(b) Mattie's father.
(c) The cat.
(d) A tea towel.

7. Ethan believes Mattie understands ________________________________.
(a) His urgency to be alone with her again.
(b) His need to get the lumber delivered.
(c) His unwillingness to help her around the house.
(d) His desire to keep Zeena from arriving at home.

8. According to Ruth Hale, who suffers most at the Fromes' house?
(a) Mattie.
(b) Zeena.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Jotham.

9. Ethan's goal is to reach Starkfield ____________________________.
(a) Before it gets dark.
(b) Before Mr. Hale can find out Ethan is looking for him.
(c) Before Mr. Hale has left for work.
(d) Before Zeena knows he has left the house.

10. Ethan finds Mattie crying because __________________________________.
(a) She was disappointed in herself.
(b) She thought she would never see Ethan again.
(c) She felt guilty over stealing Zeena's belongings.
(d) She was worried about taking the train.

11. In his study, Ethan toys with the idea of ________________________________________.
(a) Firing Jotham Powell so he can afford to keep Mattie.
(b) Selling the farm so he can follow Mattie.
(c) Writing Zeena a goodbye letter and leaving with Mattie.
(d) Writing down his feelings for Mattie.

12. Mattie knows Ethan slept in the unheated study because ________________________________.
(a) She heard him smashing things in there.
(b) She knows Zeena kicked him out of the bedroom.
(c) She stayed up all night watching for him.
(d) She heard him come in late the night before.

13. Wharton describes Zeena as possessing an air of ___________________.
(a) Insanity.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Authority.
(d) Sickness.

14. Ethan returns home to find _____________________________________.
(a) Mattie has already left for the train station.
(b) Zeena sick in bed while Mattie nurses her.
(c) Mattie has gone into town to seek a job.
(d) Zeena reading a book while Mattie struggles with her heavy trunk.

15. Throughout the morning, Ethan continues to feel a spirit of ______________________.
(a) Meanness.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Vengeance.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the accident, the town ___________________________________.

2. When Ethan returns to Mattie, he tells her _______________________________.

3. Ethan recalls that Mattie's few belongings had _____________________________________.

4. What word does Zeena use to describe the state of her health?

5. What does Zeena claim the doctor has ordered her to do?

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