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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Secretly, Ethan wanted to put off his trip into town because it meant _________________________________.
(a) He could send Jotham to pick up Zeena from the Flats.
(b) He could speak to Andrew Hale about money again.
(c) He could help Mattie clean up the breakfast dishes.
(d) He could go home and spend the day with Mattie.

3. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.
(a) He does not want to give in to Zeena's demands.
(b) He does not want Mattie to see him show kindness to Zeena.
(c) He does not want Mattie to be left downstairs alone.
(d) He does not want Mattie to watch them go up to bed together.

4. Because Ethan is too afraid to touch Mattie, he settles for _______________________________.
(a) Pressing his cheek against hers.
(b) Holding her hands while they talk.
(c) Kissing the fabric she is sewing.
(d) Kissing the cat on the head.

5. The Fromes take Mattie into their home because ____________________________________.
(a) Zeena feels compassion for Mattie's position.
(b) Ethan insists they help Mattie.
(c) Zeena's doctor has recommended she get help with the housework.
(d) Zeena refuses to do housework now that she is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wharton compares Mattie's hair to "a drift of mist on the moon," which suggests ___________________________.

2. Ethan believes Mattie understands ________________________________.

3. The smoke and haze from Ethan's pipe might represent ___________________________.

4. Ethan enjoys following Zeena's orders at first because ___________________________________________.

5. Zeena's cat ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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