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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie knows Ethan slept in the unheated study because ________________________________.
(a) She knows Zeena kicked him out of the bedroom.
(b) She stayed up all night watching for him.
(c) She heard him smashing things in there.
(d) She heard him come in late the night before.

2. Ethan returns home early because ___________________________________________.
(a) He is afraid to face Mr. Hale and ask for money.
(b) He is afraid Jotham Powell will suspect his love for Mattie.
(c) He is afraid there will be trouble between Mattie and Zeena.
(d) He cannot get the horses to town safely.

3. Ethan makes Mattie uncomfortable when he mentions __________________________________.
(a) Ruth and Ned kissing behind the trees.
(b) Denis Eady coming to visit her at the house.
(c) How beautiful she looks under the lamp.
(d) Her clumsiness with the pickle dish.

4. Ethan's room is unusable for several months of the year because ______________________________________.
(a) It faces the sunlight in the west.
(b) Zeena uses it as a sewing room in the winter.
(c) He had to move the stove to Mattie's room, so the study has no heat.
(d) Zeena uses it for storage.

5. Since the previous night, Ethan feels a sense of _______________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Dread.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Euphoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan believes that Zeena's one pleasure is __________________________________.

2. What emotion does Mrs. Hale express for Ethan?

3. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.

4. Ethan's goal is to reach Starkfield ____________________________.

5. Zeena's cat ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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