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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.
(a) Zeena's heart.
(b) The landscape of Starkfield.
(c) A vault after the dry cold of a night.
(d) A darkened hearth.

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

4. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.
(a) He does not want to give in to Zeena's demands.
(b) He does not want Mattie to watch them go up to bed together.
(c) He does not want Mattie to see him show kindness to Zeena.
(d) He does not want Mattie to be left downstairs alone.

5. Ethan puts his arm around Mattie ________________________.
(a) To console her.
(b) To steady her as they walk.
(c) To demonstrate his ownership of her to Denis Eady.
(d) To show her his intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening at the church at midnight?

2. Ethan tries to disguise Mattie's unskilled efforts at housekeeping by ______________________________.

3. With Mattie, Ethan feels ____________________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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