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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.
(a) Drive her to the train station.
(b) Drive her to Michael Eady's store.
(c) Accompany her to the doctor's office.
(d) Bring the lumber to Mr. Hale.

2. What reminds Ethan of Mattie as he walks to town?
(a) The sled route they were to visit together.
(b) All the cheerful couples walking about town.
(c) The spot where he kissed her by the spruce trees.
(d) All the sights and sounds of nature.

3. In the morning, Ethan convinces himself that ________________________________.
(a) Zeena might change her mind about Mattie leaving.
(b) Zeena was lying about hiring another girl.
(c) Mattie does not know she has to leave.
(d) Mattie will be better off with her relatives.

4. At the end of the chapter, Ethan's last thoughts are about _____________________________.
(a) Returning to starkfield.
(b) Not daring to touch Mattie's hand.
(c) Kissing Mattie in the living room.
(d) Marrying Zeena.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie confesses her fear that ____________________________.

2. The smoke and haze from Ethan's pipe might represent ___________________________.

3. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.

4. Ethan's room is unusable for several months of the year because ______________________________________.

5. Ethan makes Mattie uncomfortable when he mentions __________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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