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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Zeena may have become sickly because ______________________________.
(a) Ethan forced her to work outside on the farm.
(b) Ethan would not permit her to leave the farm.
(c) She became obsessed with her own symptoms.
(d) She refused to take medications.

5. Why does Ethan hide outside the church when waiting for Mattie?
(a) He is waiting to see if she is going to ride home with her friends.
(b) He does not know where Mattie is.
(c) He is afraid to enter the church because he does not know anyone.
(d) He is waiting to see if she will accept Eady's marriage proposal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Ethan's studies were brief, the author states that he became aware of

2. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.

3. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.

4. Ethan puts his arm around Mattie ________________________.

5. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.

(see the answer key)

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