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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of the chapter, Ethan's last thoughts are about _____________________________.
(a) Not daring to touch Mattie's hand.
(b) Returning to starkfield.
(c) Kissing Mattie in the living room.
(d) Marrying Zeena.

3. Wharton describes Zeena as possessing an air of ___________________.
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Authority.

4. Ethan's room is unusable for several months of the year because ______________________________________.
(a) Zeena uses it for storage.
(b) It faces the sunlight in the west.
(c) Zeena uses it as a sewing room in the winter.
(d) He had to move the stove to Mattie's room, so the study has no heat.

5. Ethan believes that Zeena's one pleasure is __________________________________.
(a) Inflicting pain on him.
(b) Helping others.
(c) Punishing the weak.
(d) Nursing her illness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What spark in Ethan had not been completely extinguished by the Starkfield winters?

3. Ethan perceives Zeena's tone as __________________________.

4. Ethan makes Mattie uncomfortable when he mentions __________________________________.

5. Who confesses the truth about the broken dish?

(see the answer key)

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