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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who almost runs into the elm when sledding?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hale.
(b) Ned Hale and Ruth Varnum.
(c) Mattie Silver and Denis Eady.
(d) Zeena and Ethan Frome.

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

3. Ethan knows Zeena has made plans because _____________________________________.
(a) She is wearing her pajamas.
(b) She is dressed in traveling clothes.
(c) She has ordered a taxi to take her to town.
(d) She is still in bed when he gets home.

4. Mattie worries that Zeena ______________________________.
(a) Is not satisfied with her work.
(b) Is jealous of Mattie's affair with Ethan.
(c) Is jealous of Mattie's money.
(d) Is not satisfied with Ethan's farming abilities.

5. Because Ethan is too afraid to touch Mattie, he settles for _______________________________.
(a) Kissing the cat on the head.
(b) Holding her hands while they talk.
(c) Kissing the fabric she is sewing.
(d) Pressing his cheek against hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"

2. Who visited Mattie while Ethan was away during the day?

3. Ethan invites Jotham to dinner because _______________________________________.

4. How does Zeena find the broken pickle dish?

5. While Mattie dances, Ethan notices ________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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