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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who almost runs into the elm when sledding?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hale.
(b) Mattie Silver and Denis Eady.
(c) Ned Hale and Ruth Varnum.
(d) Zeena and Ethan Frome.

2. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.
(a) Only twenty-eight years old.
(b) Only twenty-five years old.
(c) Only twenty-seven years old.
(d) Only thirty-five years old.

3. When Ethan arrives, he ____________________________.
(a) Hides in the shadows outside the church.
(b) Interrupts the dance to find Mattie.
(c) Enters the dance and enjoys watching the revelers.
(d) Interrupts Mattie's dance with a man from town.

4. What brought Ethan back to the farm, ending his studies at Worcester?
(a) His father's bankruptcy.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His mother's suggestion that he get married.
(d) His mother's death.

5. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.
(a) If she would like to go coasting some night.
(b) If she wants to continue working for him.
(c) If she would like to leave Starkfield with him.
(d) If she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie worries that Zeena ______________________________.

2. Where is Ethan Frome going at the start of Chapter 1?

3. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.

4. Ethan immediately regrets telling Zeena he will get money from Mr. Hale because ________________________________________.

5. When Zeena opens the door, Ethan is surprised by _______________________.

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