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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.
(a) Bring the lumber to Mr. Hale.
(b) Accompany her to the doctor's office.
(c) Drive her to Michael Eady's store.
(d) Drive her to the train station.

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

3. Mattie worries that Zeena ______________________________.
(a) Is jealous of Mattie's affair with Ethan.
(b) Is not satisfied with her work.
(c) Is jealous of Mattie's money.
(d) Is not satisfied with Ethan's farming abilities.

4. Why does Ethan hide outside the church when waiting for Mattie?
(a) He does not know where Mattie is.
(b) He is afraid to enter the church because he does not know anyone.
(c) He is waiting to see if she is going to ride home with her friends.
(d) He is waiting to see if she will accept Eady's marriage proposal.

5. Ethan tries to disguise Mattie's unskilled efforts at housekeeping by ______________________________.
(a) Doing most of her chores for her.
(b) Quietly asking her to do her chores over again.
(c) Sneaking downstairs to clean up during the night.
(d) Claiming that she should not be asked to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.

2. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.

3. Mattie Silver has lived with the Fromes for _______________.

4. The Fromes take Mattie into their home because ____________________________________.

5. Zeena's family is offended by Mattie's father because _______________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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