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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.
(a) She is not strong enough to take care of Zeena.
(b) She will never find love in Starkfield.
(c) She will be sent away from the Fromes with no other place to go.
(d) She is growing old.

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

3. What is happening at the church at midnight?
(a) A town meeting is taking place.
(b) The church social is taking place.
(c) The church services are taking place.
(d) Christmas Eve is being celebrated.

4. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.
(a) She is a nuisance in the Frome's home.
(b) She has frequently complained of missing her old life of leisure and revelry.
(c) She is an unpaid aid in the Frome's home, and might be unhappy otherwise.
(d) She has threatened to leave the Fromes many times, and they wish to keep her happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan tries to avoid accompanying his wife to bed by claiming ________________________________.

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

3. Ethan recognizes Mattie by her _________________________.

4. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

5. Why is Zeena still awake when Ethan and Mattie arrive at home?

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