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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan intends to hurry home for dinner so that __________________________________-.
(a) He can serve Mattie instead of having her serve him.
(b) He can avoid seeing Zeena in town.
(c) He can send Jotham can go home early.
(d) He can enjoy his last moments alone with Mattie before Zeena arrives.

2. What motif continues to suggest a promise of happiness or well-being for Ethan at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The motif of color.
(b) The motif of light.
(c) The motif of darkness.
(d) The motif of water.

3. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.
(a) Bring Mattie to the train station.
(b) Threaten to leave Ethan.
(c) Travel to Bettsbridge to see a new doctor.
(d) Travel to the Flats to pick up a hired girl.

4. Mattie confesses her fear that ____________________________.
(a) Zeena is displeased with her.
(b) She will have to marry Denis Eady.
(c) Zeena will know about their evening together.
(d) Ethan has fallen in love with her.

5. Ethan dreads Zeena's trips to the doctor because _____________________________.
(a) She returns sicker than she was when she left.
(b) She never trusts what the doctors say.
(c) They cost so much.
(d) He does not believe she is sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Wharton describes Ethan's mood as ________________________.

3. What word best describes the mood of the scene between Ethan and Mattie?

4. Why can't Ethan replace Zeena's pickle dish?

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

(see the answer key)

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