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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While they walk home, Ethan expresses his concern that Mattie will __________________________.
(a) Leave them soon to find another job.
(b) Leave them soon to get married.
(c) Get a cold from walking home so often.
(d) Get a bad reputation for dancing with so many men.

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

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

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

5. While Mattie dances, Ethan notices ________________________________.
(a) That she uses the same gestures with other men that she uses with him.
(b) That she seems eager to find a husband in the crowd.
(c) That she uses gestures he has never seen before.
(d) That she seems detached and uninterested in other men.

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

7. When Zeena opens the door, Ethan is surprised by _______________________.
(a) Her cold nature.
(b) Her refusal to let them enter.
(c) Her gaunt appearance.
(d) Her excitement over their return.

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

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

10. Mattie confesses her fear that ____________________________.
(a) Ethan has fallen in love with her.
(b) Zeena will know about their evening together.
(c) Zeena is displeased with her.
(d) She will have to marry Denis Eady.

11. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.
(a) The threat of death.
(b) The threat of stagnancy.
(c) The promise of excitement and the unknown.
(d) The promise of continuance and stability.

12. What word best describes the mood of the scene between Ethan and Mattie?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Expectant.
(d) Somber.

13. Ethan is initially drawn to Zeena because __________________________________.
(a) He is old and she is young.
(b) She is beautiful and he is lonely.
(c) He is poor and she has a dowry.
(d) She is industrious and he is lonely.

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

15. When Mattie tried stenography and bookkeeping, _________________________________.
(a) Her attitude prevented her from succeeding.
(b) Her health broke down.
(c) She became valuable to her family members.
(d) She had great success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan's love of nature does not extend to ___________________.

2. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.

3. While Ethan warms himself by the stove, Mattie _______________________.

4. Lying in bed the previous night, Ethan regretted __________________________.

5. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.

(see the answer keys)

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