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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan recalls that Mattie's few belongings had _____________________________________.
(a) Brought attention to her beauty.
(b) Made the room look shabby and old.
(c) Brought life and comfort into the bare room.
(d) Been extravagant and self-indulgent.

2. The sled allows Ethan a feeling of ________________.
(a) Doom.
(b) Submission.
(c) Duty.
(d) Escape.

3. As he prepares the sorrel, Ethan remembers ______________________________.
(a) The day his mother died.
(b) The day he drove to the station to meet Mattie.
(c) The day he returned to Starkfield.
(d) The day he first brought Zeena home.

4. While Mattie dances, Ethan notices ________________________________.
(a) That she seems detached and uninterested in other men.
(b) That she uses the same gestures with other men that she uses with him.
(c) That she uses gestures he has never seen before.
(d) That she seems eager to find a husband in the crowd.

5. Instead of asking the Hales for money, Ethan _________________________.
(a) Hides out in the barn.
(b) Goes home.
(c) Goes to the train station.
(d) Goes to visit Jotham Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day's bad weather foreshadows _________________________.

2. What lie is revealed when Zeena presses Ethan to pay for a hired girl?

3. Though Ethan's studies were brief, the author states that he became aware of

4. Wharton compares the darkened farmhouses to ________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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