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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Mattie lives with the Fromes because ____________________________.
(a) She is Zeena's cousin and acts as her aid.
(b) She is a friend of the family who needed work.
(c) She is Ethan's cousin, and acts as their housekeeper.
(d) She is a hired girl acting as Zeena's aid.

5. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.
(a) Only thirty-five years old.
(b) Only twenty-eight years old.
(c) Only twenty-five years old.
(d) Only twenty-seven years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.

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

3. Wharton compares the darkened farmhouses to ________________.

4. Who almost runs into the elm when sledding?

5. Zeena believes Mattie will leave soon because ______________________________.

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