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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wharton compares Mattie's hair to "a drift of mist on the moon," which suggests ___________________________.
(a) Fantasy and impermanence.
(b) Logic and reality.
(c) Ugliness and coarseness.
(d) Fear and doom.

2. Ethan does his clearest thinking while _______________________________.
(a) Feeding the horses.
(b) Talking to Zeena.
(c) Driving the lumber to town.
(d) Working familiar outdoor tasks.

3. Ethan finds Zeena _______________________________.
(a) Already bundled up in bed.
(b) Crying by the window.
(c) Waiting by the door to confront him.
(d) Sitting by the window still in her traveling dress.

4. Ethan hopes that the bad roads or a late train might cause him to __________________________.
(a) Arrive at the train on time to pick up Zeena.
(b) Run into the elm tree.
(c) Avoid delivering the lumber.
(d) Arrive home before Zeena.

5. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.
(a) She can not stand the scrutiny of Ethan's gaze.
(b) Feels guilty over her affair with Ethan.
(c) She does not want to fill Zeena's place in Ethan's life.
(d) She feels a sense of Zeena's presence there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan returns home early because ___________________________________________.

2. Ethan feels too constrained to try to touch Mattie inside the house because ____________________________________________.

3. Ethan asks Mattie to sit in Zeena's chair because _____________________________.

4. Zeena does not want to move from Starkfield because ________________________________________.

5. Most of their quiet or intimate moments are interrupted by _____________________.

(see the answer key)

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