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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan is initially drawn to Zeena because __________________________________.
(a) She is industrious and he is lonely.
(b) She is beautiful and he is lonely.
(c) He is poor and she has a dowry.
(d) He is old and she is young.

2. Wharton compares the darkened farmhouses to ________________.
(a) Sanctuaries.
(b) Gravestones.
(c) Haunted houses.
(d) Hospitals.

3. Ethan and Jotham put off their trip into town because ________________________.
(a) The roads were melting and muddy.
(b) The roads were flooded.
(c) The roads were icy.
(d) A heavy snow was falling.

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

5. Why does Ethan think Zeena has not arrived at home yet?
(a) The sorrel is not in the barn, so he believes they have not arrived.
(b) Jotham Powell hides the sorrel until Ehtan goes into the house.
(c) Mattie tells him they are still alone together.
(d) Zeena tells Jotham to put the sorrel away where Ethan will not see it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.

2. When Zeena arrives home, she ______________________________.

3. Ethan is unpleasantly surprised when his wife notices __________________________________.

4. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"

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

(see the answer key)

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