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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ethan arrives, he ____________________________.
(a) Enters the dance and enjoys watching the revelers.
(b) Interrupts Mattie's dance with a man from town.
(c) Interrupts the dance to find Mattie.
(d) Hides in the shadows outside the church.

2. As he travels to town, Ethan dreams about ______________________________.
(a) Spending his evening waiting for Zeena to arrive.
(b) Zeena's illness and death.
(c) Spending his evening with Mattie like a married couple.
(d) His mother's presence in his home.

3. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.
(a) She is a nuisance in the Frome's home.
(b) She has frequently complained of missing her old life of leisure and revelry.
(c) She is an unpaid aid in the Frome's home, and might be unhappy otherwise.
(d) She has threatened to leave the Fromes many times, and they wish to keep her happy.

4. Ethan's love of nature does not extend to ___________________.
(a) Animals.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Lumber.

5. The Fromes take Mattie into their home because ____________________________________.
(a) Zeena refuses to do housework now that she is married.
(b) Ethan insists they help Mattie.
(c) Zeena feels compassion for Mattie's position.
(d) Zeena's doctor has recommended she get help with the housework.

6. Ethan is dismayed to find ________________________.
(a) Mattie dancing happily with the grocer's son.
(b) Mattie is forced to dance with an undesirable partner.
(c) Mattie has disappeared into the crowd.
(d) Mattie standing alone in a corner.

7. Where is Ethan Frome going at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Ethan is going a neighboring town to seek a doctor for his wife.
(b) Ethan is walking back to the farm to find his wife's cousin.
(c) Ethan is walking to the church in town to pick up his wife's cousin.
(d) Ethan is walking to the church to escort Mattie and Michael Eady back to town.

8. Ethan and Mattie discuss the marriage of ________________________.
(a) Jothan and Mattie.
(b) Ned and Ruth.
(c) Ethan and Zeena.
(d) Mattie and Denis.

9. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.
(a) She will never find love in Starkfield.
(b) She is not strong enough to take care of Zeena.
(c) She will be sent away from the Fromes with no other place to go.
(d) She is growing old.

10. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"
(a) Zeena's absence.
(b) Mattie's cleaning.
(c) Flowers Ethan brings for Mattie.
(d) The new stove Ethan put in.

11. Zeena asks Ethan if Jotham Powell can _________________________.
(a) Drive her to the train station.
(b) Accompany her to the doctor's office.
(c) Bring the lumber to Mr. Hale.
(d) Drive her to Michael Eady's store.

12. What motif continues to suggest a promise of happiness or well-being for Ethan at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The motif of light.
(b) The motif of water.
(c) The motif of darkness.
(d) The motif of color.

13. Zeena finally stopped criticizing Mattie when __________________________________.
(a) Mattie begged Zeena's forgiveness.
(b) Mattie asked Zeena to train her properly.
(c) Mattie grew silent and obedient.
(d) Mattie grew stronger and more competent.

14. How is the pickle dish broken?
(a) Ethan knocks it off the table.
(b) The cat knocks it off the table.
(c) Mattie knocks it off the table.
(d) The dog knocks it off the table.

15. Zeena believes Mattie will leave soon because ______________________________.
(a) Mattie will return to live with her own family.
(b) Mattie will get married to Denis Eady.
(c) Mattie has found another post in town.
(d) Mattie has grown tired of Ethan's advances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.

2. When Ethan returned to Starkfield, he missed ____________________________.

3. What word best describes the mood of the scene between Ethan and Mattie?

4. Ethan knows Zeena has made plans because _____________________________________.

5. Zeena is described as an old woman, although she is ____________________________.

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