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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 felt so mean she could not sleep.
(d) She claims she was worried about them in the storm.

2. Which of her partners offers Mattie a ride home?
(a) Denis Eady.
(b) Andrew Hale.
(c) Jothan Powell.
(d) Lawyer Varnum.

3. Who almost runs into the elm when sledding?
(a) Mattie Silver and Denis Eady.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hale.
(c) Zeena and Ethan Frome.
(d) Ned Hale and Ruth Varnum.

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

5. Ethan is dismayed to find ________________________.
(a) Mattie has disappeared into the crowd.
(b) Mattie dancing happily with the grocer's son.
(c) Mattie is forced to dance with an undesirable partner.
(d) Mattie standing alone in a corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.

2. With Mattie, Ethan feels ____________________.

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

4. Most of the story takes place during which season?

5. Ethan recognizes Mattie by her _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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