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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Ethan claims that Mattie did not see him outside the church because _____________________________________.
(a) She did not expect him to show up.
(b) She was not looking for him.
(c) She went back inside to dance with Denis Eady.
(d) She was too busy talking to her friends.

4. The smoke and haze from Ethan's pipe might represent ___________________________.
(a) The threat of death.
(b) Confusion of reality.
(c) Zeena's ghost.
(d) Societal oppression.

5. What spark in Ethan had not been completely extinguished by the Starkfield winters?
(a) A spark of life.
(b) A spark of curiosity.
(c) A spark of sociability.
(d) A spark of industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ethan and Mattie arrive at home, they cannot find _______________________.

2. Ethan believes Mattie understands ________________________________.

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

4. How is the pickle dish broken?

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

(see the answer key)

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