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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room did Ethan create for himself when he returned from college?
(a) A study.
(b) A library.
(c) A laboratory
(d) A storage room.

2. The day's bad weather foreshadows _________________________.
(a) An unhappy reunion with Zeena.
(b) Ethan's bankruptcy.
(c) Mattie's rejection of Ethan.
(d) The death of Ethan's horses.

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

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

5. Ethan does not ask the Hales for money because _____________________________________.
(a) He sees that he is being deceptive and selfish.
(b) They have never been particularly kind to him.
(c) They are likely to tell Zeena about it.
(d) He knows they have fallen on hard times.

6. Zeena instructs Jotham Powell to ________________________________________.
(a) Take Mattie to the train when he goes to pick up the hired girl.
(b) Search Mattie's belongings for Zeena's missing items.
(c) Take Mattie into town and leave her there.
(d) Carry Mattie's trunk to the sleigh.

7. Who has been worrying about the narrator's safety?
(a) Zeena Frome.
(b) Mattie Silver.
(c) Ethan Frome.
(d) Ruth Varnum Hale.

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

9. What solution does Mattie propose to their situation?
(a) Mattie proposes they sled into the elm tree, killing themselves.
(b) Mattie proposes they drive Zeena away.
(c) Mattie proposes they visit one another.
(d) Mattie proposes they leave together, even without any money.

10. Ethan's defeat is reflected in his ________________________________________________.
(a) Disappointment in Starkfield.
(b) Disappointment in Zeena's personality.
(c) Disappointment in the images of nature around him.
(d) Disappointment in Mattie's attitude.

11. When Ethan sees Zeena he is moved by what emotion?
(a) Lust.
(b) Love.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Compassion.

12. Ethan hopes that the bad roads or a late train might cause him to __________________________.
(a) Arrive home before Zeena.
(b) Run into the elm tree.
(c) Avoid delivering the lumber.
(d) Arrive at the train on time to pick up Zeena.

13. What clues suggest the Fromes are very poor?
(a) The lack of food and fire.
(b) Their refusal to offer the narrator food or shelter.
(c) The skinny women and the lack of shelter.
(d) The broken dishes and poor furnishings.

14. Ethan cannot buy glue from Michael Eady's store because _______________________________.
(a) Denis refuses to sell it to him.
(b) Eady's store is not open.
(c) Eady's wife would report it to Zeena.
(d) Denis cannot find it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wharton describes Ethan's mood as ________________________.

2. Who does Mrs. Hale compare the remaining Fromes to at the end of the chapter?

3. In his hurry to get be in the house with Mattie, Ethan neglects ________________________________.

4. What pleasure do Mattie and Ethan allow themselves before the train comes?

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

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