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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ethan claims that Mattie did not see him outside the church because _____________________________________.
(a) She was too busy talking to her friends.
(b) She was not looking for him.
(c) She went back inside to dance with Denis Eady.
(d) She did not expect him to show up.

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

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

5. Ethan tries to avoid accompanying his wife to bed by claiming ________________________________.
(a) He has to rebuild the fire.
(b) He has to go over the mill accounts.
(c) He has work to do in his study.
(d) He has to tend to the horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

2. Ethan is unpleasantly surprised when his wife notices __________________________________.

3. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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