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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena claims the need for a hired girl forces her to ___________________________.
(a) Send Mattie away.
(b) Refuse to pay Mattie's wages.
(c) Borrow money.
(d) Build a second bedroom.

2. What is happening at the church at midnight?
(a) The church services are taking place.
(b) The church social is taking place.
(c) Christmas Eve is being celebrated.
(d) A town meeting is taking place.

3. In his hurry to get be in the house with Mattie, Ethan neglects ________________________________.
(a) Caring for his horses.
(b) His own health.
(c) Caring for Zeena.
(d) To deliver the lumber.

4. Ethan and Mattie discuss the marriage of ________________________.
(a) Ned and Ruth.
(b) Mattie and Denis.
(c) Ethan and Zeena.
(d) Jothan and Mattie.

5. Most of their quiet or intimate moments are interrupted by _____________________.
(a) The dog.
(b) Zeena.
(c) The wind.
(d) The cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the previous night, Ethan feels a sense of _______________.

2. Zeena may have become sickly because ______________________________.

3. What word best describes the mood of the scene between Ethan and Mattie?

4. For Ethan, Zeena personifies ______________________________-.

5. The day's bad weather foreshadows _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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