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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan tries to avoid accompanying his wife to bed by claiming ________________________________.
(a) He has to tend to the horses.
(b) He has to go over the mill accounts.
(c) He has work to do in his study.
(d) He has to rebuild the fire.

2. Ethan claims he needs to collect money from Mr. Hale because ____________________________________.
(a) He needs an excuse to buy Mattie a gift.
(b) He needs an excuse to get Jotham Powell out of the house.
(c) He needs an excuse to avoid driving Zeena to the Flats.
(d) He needs an excuse to visit Mr. Hale.

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

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

5. Ethan dreads Zeena's trips to the doctor because _____________________________.
(a) She never trusts what the doctors say.
(b) She returns sicker than she was when she left.
(c) They cost so much.
(d) He does not believe she is sick.

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

7. When Ethan asks Andrew Hale for money, __________________________________________.
(a) Hale gets angry and asks Ethan to leave.
(b) Hale claims money is too tight for him at the moment.
(c) Hale guesses that Ethan has lied to Zeena about money.
(d) Hale suggests that Ethan work for him.

8. Ethan claims that Mattie did not see him outside the church because _____________________________________.
(a) She went back inside to dance with Denis Eady.
(b) She did not expect him to show up.
(c) She was too busy talking to her friends.
(d) She was not looking for him.

9. As Ethan walks through the trees he passes _______________________________.
(a) Denis and Mattie Silver kissing.
(b) Ruth Varnum and Ned Hale kissing.
(c) Ned Hale and Mattie Silver kissing.
(d) Zeena and Michael Eady kissing.

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

11. Who almost runs into the elm when sledding?
(a) Mattie Silver and Denis Eady.
(b) Ned Hale and Ruth Varnum.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hale.
(d) Zeena and Ethan Frome.

12. Ethan knows Zeena has made plans because _____________________________________.
(a) She is still in bed when he gets home.
(b) She is dressed in traveling clothes.
(c) She is wearing her pajamas.
(d) She has ordered a taxi to take her to town.

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

14. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.
(a) He does not want Mattie to be left downstairs alone.
(b) He does not want to give in to Zeena's demands.
(c) He does not want Mattie to see him show kindness to Zeena.
(d) He does not want Mattie to watch them go up to bed together.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While they walk home, Ethan expresses his concern that Mattie will __________________________.

2. Ethan claims sledding is dangerous on a night like this one because ___________________________________.

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

4. When Mattie tried stenography and bookkeeping, _________________________________.

5. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.

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