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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 the darkened farmhouses to ________________.
(a) Hospitals.
(b) Haunted houses.
(c) Sanctuaries.
(d) Gravestones.

2. Ethan immediately regrets telling Zeena he will get money from Mr. Hale because ________________________________________.
(a) Zeena will want to spend it on herself in town.
(b) Zeena will demand cash as soon as she arrives home.
(c) Zeena will want to spend it on whatever the doctor recommends.
(d) Zeena will want to use the cash to pay Mattie.

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

4. What spark in Ethan had not been completely extinguished by the Starkfield winters?
(a) A spark of curiosity.
(b) A spark of sociability.
(c) A spark of life.
(d) A spark of industry.

5. Whose presence at breakfast compels Ethan to hide his happiness at being alone with Mattie?
(a) Andrew Hale.
(b) Jotham Powell.
(c) Zeena.
(d) Ruth Farnum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ethan's horse?

2. As he travels to town, Ethan dreams about ______________________________.

3. Ethan hopes that the bad roads or a late train might cause him to __________________________.

4. Mattie confesses her fear that ____________________________.

5. At the end of the chapter, Ethan's last thoughts are about _____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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