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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What emotion does Mrs. Hale express for Ethan?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Anger.
(d) Jealousy.

5. What emotion does Ethan feel over his argument with Zeena?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Shame.
(c) Joy.
(d) Relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie lives with the Fromes because ____________________________.

2. Ethan intends to hurry home for dinner so that __________________________________-.

3. Ethan and Mattie talk frankly for the first time about __________________.

4. When Mattie tried stenography and bookkeeping, _________________________________.

5. Ethan feels his misery is mocked by ________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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