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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan enjoys following Zeena's orders at first because ___________________________________________.
(a) They free him to leave the house and go about his business.
(b) He cannot run the farm without her help.
(c) They remind him of when his mother was alive and well.
(d) They free him of responsibility to his home and family.

2. Ethan and Mattie do not go sledding that evening because ___________________________.
(a) It is too dark outside.
(b) Ethan forgot their plans to go sledding.
(c) It is too cold outside.
(d) Mattie forgot their plans to go sledding.

3. Ethan needs to go into town to run what errand?
(a) He needs to buy a new dish for Zeena.
(b) He needs to pick up the hired girl from the train station.
(c) He needs to buy glue to fix the pickle dish.
(d) He needs to pick up Zeena's medicine.

4. With Mattie, Ethan feels ____________________.
(a) Bitter.
(b) Understood.
(c) Pressure to succeed.
(d) Brave enough to stand up to his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.

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

3. Most of their quiet or intimate moments are interrupted by _____________________.

4. Ethan claims he continues to mention Mattie's eventual marriage because __________________________________.

5. Since the previous night, Ethan feels a sense of _______________.

(see the answer key)

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