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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ethan arrives, he ____________________________.
(a) Interrupts the dance to find Mattie.
(b) Interrupts Mattie's dance with a man from town.
(c) Hides in the shadows outside the church.
(d) Enters the dance and enjoys watching the revelers.

2. Lying in bed the previous night, Ethan regretted __________________________.
(a) Not kissing Mattie.
(b) Not leaving Zeena long ago.
(c) Getting caught holding Mattie when Zeena opened the door.
(d) Kissing Mattie.

3. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"
(a) Flowers Ethan brings for Mattie.
(b) Mattie's cleaning.
(c) Zeena's absence.
(d) The new stove Ethan put in.

4. The Fromes take Mattie into their home because ____________________________________.
(a) Zeena refuses to do housework now that she is married.
(b) Ethan insists they help Mattie.
(c) Zeena's doctor has recommended she get help with the housework.
(d) Zeena feels compassion for Mattie's position.

5. Mattie's only skills include _______________________________________.
(a) Making dresses and singing.
(b) Making candy, playing piano minimally, and reciting poetry.
(c) Making medicine, nursing others, and household chores.
(d) Book-keeping and clerical work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the pickle dish broken?

2. Ethan's mother suggested she was listening to ___________________________.

3. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.

4. What motif continues to suggest a promise of happiness or well-being for Ethan at the start of Chapter 4?

5. Ethan's love of nature does not extend to ___________________.

(see the answer key)

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