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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan cannot buy glue from Michael Eady's store because _______________________________.
(a) Eady's wife would report it to Zeena.
(b) Denis refuses to sell it to him.
(c) Eady's store is not open.
(d) Denis cannot find it.

2. Ethan is initially drawn to Zeena because __________________________________.
(a) She is industrious and he is lonely.
(b) He is poor and she has a dowry.
(c) He is old and she is young.
(d) She is beautiful and he is lonely.

3. While they walk home, Ethan expresses his concern that Mattie will __________________________.
(a) Leave them soon to find another job.
(b) Get a bad reputation for dancing with so many men.
(c) Get a cold from walking home so often.
(d) Leave them soon to get married.

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

5. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"
(a) Zeena's absence.
(b) Mattie's cleaning.
(c) The new stove Ethan put in.
(d) Flowers Ethan brings for Mattie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan puts his arm around Mattie ________________________.

2. Ethan's love of nature does not extend to ___________________.

3. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.

4. Ethan dreads Zeena's trips to the doctor because _____________________________.

5. How does Ethan solve the glue problem?

(see the answer key)

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