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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan returns home early because ___________________________________________.
(a) He is afraid Jotham Powell will suspect his love for Mattie.
(b) He cannot get the horses to town safely.
(c) He is afraid to face Mr. Hale and ask for money.
(d) He is afraid there will be trouble between Mattie and Zeena.

2. Ethan enjoys following Zeena's orders at first because ___________________________________________.
(a) They free him of responsibility to his home and family.
(b) They free him to leave the house and go about his business.
(c) He cannot run the farm without her help.
(d) They remind him of when his mother was alive and well.

3. When Zeena suggests that Mattie has "taken from her" the one she cared about most of all, she is referring to _____________________________.
(a) A tea towel.
(b) Her red pickle dish.
(c) Mattie's father.
(d) The cat.

4. Ethan's mother suggested she was listening to ___________________________.
(a) The radio.
(b) Voices in her head.
(c) Voices from the cemetery.
(d) The television.

5. What gives Ethan a sense of mastery at the end of the chapter?
(a) Knowing he had deceived Zeena.
(b) Building a fire and cleaning up the house.
(c) Giving Mattie orders.
(d) Quelling Mattie's fears over the broken pickle dish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan invites Jotham to dinner because _______________________________________.

2. Ethan knows he cannot leave Starkfield with Mattie because ________________________________________.

3. While Mattie dances, Ethan notices ________________________________.

4. Wharton describes Ethan's mood as ________________________.

5. In his hurry to get be in the house with Mattie, Ethan neglects ________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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