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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.
(a) A vault after the dry cold of a night.
(b) The landscape of Starkfield.
(c) A darkened hearth.
(d) Zeena's heart.

3. Though Ethan's studies were brief, the author states that he became aware of
(a) The several dimensions of life.
(b) Absolute truth and literal meanings.
(c) Cloudy meanings behind the daily face of things.
(d) The many levels of consciousness.

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

5. When Ethan and Mattie arrive at home, they cannot find _______________________.
(a) The key to the house.
(b) The keys to the car.
(c) The sled.
(d) The key to the barn.

6. Why is Zeena still awake when Ethan and Mattie arrive at home?
(a) She claims she felt so mean she could not sleep.
(b) She claims she was jealous of Mattie and Ethan.
(c) She claims she was too cold to sleep.
(d) She claims she was worried about them in the storm.

7. What is happening at the church at midnight?
(a) A town meeting is taking place.
(b) The church social is taking place.
(c) The church services are taking place.
(d) Christmas Eve is being celebrated.

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

9. Because Ethan is too afraid to touch Mattie, he settles for _______________________________.
(a) Kissing the cat on the head.
(b) Kissing the fabric she is sewing.
(c) Pressing his cheek against hers.
(d) Holding her hands while they talk.

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

11. Ethan feels too constrained to try to touch Mattie inside the house because ____________________________________________.
(a) The house has too many happy memories of Zeena.
(b) The house reminds him of his wedding day.
(c) The house has too many implications of order and conformity.
(d) The house seems to store up guilt and confessions.

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

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

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

15. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.
(a) She has frequently complained of missing her old life of leisure and revelry.
(b) She is a nuisance in the Frome's home.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her partners offers Mattie a ride home?

2. Ethan immediately regrets telling Zeena he will get money from Mr. Hale because ________________________________________.

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

4. Ethan asks Mattie _________________________________.

5. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.

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