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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his hurry to get be in the house with Mattie, Ethan neglects ________________________________.
(a) Caring for Zeena.
(b) Caring for his horses.
(c) To deliver the lumber.
(d) His own health.

2. Ethan tries to disguise Mattie's unskilled efforts at housekeeping by ______________________________.
(a) Claiming that she should not be asked to work.
(b) Quietly asking her to do her chores over again.
(c) Doing most of her chores for her.
(d) Sneaking downstairs to clean up during the night.

3. Zeena's cat ____________________________.
(a) Watches Ethan and hisses at him.
(b) Watches them through narrowed eyes.
(c) Claws at Mattie when she sits in Zeena's chair.
(d) Falls asleep on top of Mattie's sewing.

4. Why does Ethan insist on sitting in the front of the sled?
(a) He wants to feel the air in his face.
(b) He wants to absorb the shock when they hit the elm.
(c) He wants to feel Mattie's arms around him.
(d) He wants to be able to steer the sled.

5. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.
(a) He does not want to give in to Zeena's demands.
(b) He does not want Mattie to be left downstairs alone.
(c) He does not want Mattie to watch them go up to bed together.
(d) He does not want Mattie to see him show kindness to Zeena.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ruth Hale, who suffers most at the Fromes' house?

2. How is the pickle dish broken?

3. When the narrator arrives at Ethan's house he finds ___________________________________.

4. Zeena objects to doctors' suggestions ___________________________.

5. Zeena believes Mattie enjoys living in Starkfield only because ______________________________.

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