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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As he travels to town, Ethan dreams about ______________________________.
(a) Spending his evening waiting for Zeena to arrive.
(b) His mother's presence in his home.
(c) Spending his evening with Mattie like a married couple.
(d) Zeena's illness and death.

2. How does Ethan solve the glue problem?
(a) He uses wood glue from his shed to fix the dish.
(b) He buys it at another store.
(c) He throws the dish away.
(d) He uses flour paste to fix the dish.

3. Ethan tries to avoid accompanying his wife to bed by claiming ________________________________.
(a) He has work to do in his study.
(b) He has to go over the mill accounts.
(c) He has to rebuild the fire.
(d) He has to tend to the horses.

4. When Mattie tried stenography and bookkeeping, _________________________________.
(a) Her health broke down.
(b) Her attitude prevented her from succeeding.
(c) She had great success.
(d) She became valuable to her family members.

5. The day's bad weather foreshadows _________________________.
(a) The death of Ethan's horses.
(b) Mattie's rejection of Ethan.
(c) An unhappy reunion with Zeena.
(d) Ethan's bankruptcy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

2. While they walk home, Ethan expresses his concern that Mattie will __________________________.

3. In his hurry to get be in the house with Mattie, Ethan neglects ________________________________.

4. Why is the lumber especially hard for Ethan to load?

5. Ethan cannot buy glue from Michael Eady's store because _______________________________.

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