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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan knows Zeena has made plans because _____________________________________.
(a) She is still in bed when he gets home.
(b) She has ordered a taxi to take her to town.
(c) She is wearing her pajamas.
(d) She is dressed in traveling clothes.

2. Ethan does his clearest thinking while _______________________________.
(a) Talking to Zeena.
(b) Feeding the horses.
(c) Working familiar outdoor tasks.
(d) Driving the lumber to town.

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

4. Ethan asks Mattie to sit in Zeena's chair because _____________________________.
(a) He can not hear her from across the room.
(b) He wants to pretend they are married.
(c) He wants to see how she would look there in place of his wife.
(d) He cannot see her from where he sits.

5. Throughout the morning, Ethan continues to feel a spirit of ______________________.
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Meanness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeena instructs Jotham Powell to ________________________________________.

2. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.

3. At the end of the chapter, Ethan's last thoughts are about _____________________________.

4. While Ethan warms himself by the stove, Mattie _______________________.

5. Mattie knows Ethan slept in the unheated study because ________________________________.

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