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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Zeena still awake when Ethan and Mattie arrive at home?
(a) She claims she was too cold to sleep.
(b) She claims she was jealous of Mattie and Ethan.
(c) She claims she was worried about them in the storm.
(d) She claims she felt so mean she could not sleep.

2. Most of the story takes place during which season?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

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

4. When Ethan and Mattie arrive at home, they cannot find _______________________.
(a) The keys to the car.
(b) The sled.
(c) The key to the barn.
(d) The key to the house.

5. Zeena believes Mattie will leave soon because ______________________________.
(a) Mattie will return to live with her own family.
(b) Mattie has grown tired of Ethan's advances.
(c) Mattie will get married to Denis Eady.
(d) Mattie has found another post in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.

2. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

3. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.

4. Mattie lives with the Fromes because ____________________________.

5. Ethan looks forward to the walks to meet Mattie because ______________________________.

(see the answer key)

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