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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan does his clearest thinking while _______________________________.
(a) Working familiar outdoor tasks.
(b) Talking to Zeena.
(c) Feeding the horses.
(d) Driving the lumber to town.

2. Wharton compares Mattie's hair to "a drift of mist on the moon," which suggests ___________________________.
(a) Logic and reality.
(b) Fear and doom.
(c) Fantasy and impermanence.
(d) Ugliness and coarseness.

3. Most of their quiet or intimate moments are interrupted by _____________________.
(a) The cat.
(b) Zeena.
(c) The wind.
(d) The dog.

4. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.
(a) Feels guilty over her affair with Ethan.
(b) She feels a sense of Zeena's presence there.
(c) She can not stand the scrutiny of Ethan's gaze.
(d) She does not want to fill Zeena's place in Ethan's life.

5. Zeena does not want to move from Starkfield because ________________________________________.
(a) She loves the farm life.
(b) She feels threatened by the townspeople and is afraid to leave the house.
(c) She feels superior to the townspeople, and this gives her comfort.
(d) She loves the town and its people.

6. Ethan and Mattie do not go sledding that evening because ___________________________.
(a) Mattie forgot their plans to go sledding.
(b) It is too cold outside.
(c) It is too dark outside.
(d) Ethan forgot their plans to go sledding.

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

8. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.
(a) Plenty of advice but little help.
(b) Money to start a new life for herself.
(c) Plenty of help, but she rejected them.
(d) Plenty of money and advice.

9. Who visited Mattie while Ethan was away during the day?
(a) Andrew Hale.
(b) Denis Eady.
(c) Jotham Powell.
(d) Daniel Byrne.

10. Ethan immediately regrets telling Zeena he will get money from Mr. Hale because ________________________________________.
(a) Zeena will want to spend it on herself in town.
(b) Zeena will demand cash as soon as she arrives home.
(c) Zeena will want to spend it on whatever the doctor recommends.
(d) Zeena will want to use the cash to pay Mattie.

11. Zeena may have become sickly because ______________________________.
(a) She became obsessed with her own symptoms.
(b) She refused to take medications.
(c) Ethan would not permit her to leave the farm.
(d) Ethan forced her to work outside on the farm.

12. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.
(a) If she wants to continue working for him.
(b) If she loves him.
(c) If she would like to leave Starkfield with him.
(d) If she would like to go coasting some night.

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

14. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.
(a) Bring Mattie to the train station.
(b) Threaten to leave Ethan.
(c) Travel to the Flats to pick up a hired girl.
(d) Travel to Bettsbridge to see a new doctor.

15. Ethan is intimidated by Michael Eady because _________________________.
(a) Eady is successful and flirtatious.
(b) Eady is a known gold digger.
(c) Eady is bigger and stronger than Ethan.
(d) Eady is more handsome than Ethan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ethan Frome going at the start of Chapter 1?

2. Ethan is unpleasantly surprised when his wife notices __________________________________.

3. Ethan returns home early because ___________________________________________.

4. When Mattie tried stenography and bookkeeping, _________________________________.

5. Ethan claims he continues to mention Mattie's eventual marriage because __________________________________.

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