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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Mrs. Hale and her mother?
(a) The narrator's desire to talk about the Fromes.
(b) The narrator's risking his safety in the storm.
(c) The narrator's refusal to speak of the Fromes.
(d) The narrator's story of his night at the Fromes'.

2. Secretly, Ethan wanted to put off his trip into town because it meant _________________________________.
(a) He could help Mattie clean up the breakfast dishes.
(b) He could speak to Andrew Hale about money again.
(c) He could send Jotham to pick up Zeena from the Flats.
(d) He could go home and spend the day with Mattie.

3. Mattie knows Ethan slept in the unheated study because ________________________________.
(a) She stayed up all night watching for him.
(b) She knows Zeena kicked him out of the bedroom.
(c) She heard him smashing things in there.
(d) She heard him come in late the night before.

4. In his hurry to get be in the house with Mattie, Ethan neglects ________________________________.
(a) His own health.
(b) To deliver the lumber.
(c) Caring for Zeena.
(d) Caring for his horses.

5. When they are alone outside together, Ethan tells Mattie __________________________________.
(a) That he will drive her to the train himself.
(b) That he will never see her again after tonight.
(c) That Zeena knows all about their love for each other.
(d) That he will send her trunk along after she is settled somewhere.

6. When Ethan returns to Mattie, he tells her _______________________________.
(a) She must be married as soon as possible.
(b) He has never loved Zeena.
(c) She must leave the following day.
(d) He will be leaving with her the following day.

7. As they head into town, Ethan points out ____________________________________________.
(a) A place where they might hide out from Zeena.
(b) Several places Mattie might go after leaving Starkfield.
(c) The positive aspects of Mattie's situation.
(d) Several places where he and Mattie had been together.

8. In the morning, Ethan convinces himself that ________________________________.
(a) Zeena was lying about hiring another girl.
(b) Mattie does not know she has to leave.
(c) Mattie will be better off with her relatives.
(d) Zeena might change her mind about Mattie leaving.

9. Ethan needs to go into town to run what errand?
(a) He needs to pick up Zeena's medicine.
(b) He needs to pick up the hired girl from the train station.
(c) He needs to buy glue to fix the pickle dish.
(d) He needs to buy a new dish for Zeena.

10. Why has no stranger set foot in the Fromes' house in twenty years?
(a) Ethan Frome is too proud to let anyone see how he lives.
(b) Ethan Frome is too ashamed of Zeena and Mattie.
(c) Ethan Frome has grown angry and unfriendly.
(d) Ethan Frome is too ashamed of his past actions to entertain friends.

11. When Ethan sees Zeena he is moved by what emotion?
(a) Love.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Lust.

12. What room did Ethan create for himself when he returned from college?
(a) A study.
(b) A laboratory
(c) A library.
(d) A storage room.

13. Ethan cannot buy glue from Michael Eady's store because _______________________________.
(a) Denis refuses to sell it to him.
(b) Eady's wife would report it to Zeena.
(c) Eady's store is not open.
(d) Denis cannot find it.

14. Ethan feels his misery is mocked by ________________________________.
(a) Zeena's renewed energy.
(b) The decaying state of his home.
(c) Denis Eady and his young friends.
(d) The beauty of the day outside.

15. How does Zeena find the broken pickle dish?
(a) She finds pieces of it in the trash.
(b) She finds it when the cat brings pieces of it into the kitchen.
(c) She finds it when she goes to unpack her clothing.
(d) She finds it when she goes looking for medicinal powders.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the sled accident, Mattie _____________________________________.

2. Zeena has only made arrangements for _____________________.

3. What emotion does Mrs. Hale express for Ethan?

4. Ethan's defeat is reflected in his ________________________________________________.

5. Ethan believes that Zeena's one pleasure is __________________________________.

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