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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.
(a) Money to start a new life for herself.
(b) Plenty of money and advice.
(c) Plenty of advice but little help.
(d) Plenty of help, but she rejected them.

2. Ethan and Mattie discuss the marriage of ________________________.
(a) Ethan and Zeena.
(b) Mattie and Denis.
(c) Ned and Ruth.
(d) Jothan and Mattie.

3. Mattie's only skills include _______________________________________.
(a) Making medicine, nursing others, and household chores.
(b) Book-keeping and clerical work.
(c) Making dresses and singing.
(d) Making candy, playing piano minimally, and reciting poetry.

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

5. While Ethan warms himself by the stove, Mattie _______________________.
(a) Sews near the lamp.
(b) Sews in the kitchen.
(c) Polishes the pickle dish.
(d) Glues the dish back together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan feels his misery is mocked by ________________________________.

2. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.

3. Ethan makes Mattie uncomfortable when he mentions __________________________________.

4. Ethan claims he continues to mention Mattie's eventual marriage because __________________________________.

5. Lying in bed the previous night, Ethan regretted __________________________.

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