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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ethan recalls that Mattie's few belongings had _____________________________________.
(a) Made the room look shabby and old.
(b) Brought attention to her beauty.
(c) Brought life and comfort into the bare room.
(d) Been extravagant and self-indulgent.

3. The sled allows Ethan a feeling of ________________.
(a) Escape.
(b) Duty.
(c) Submission.
(d) Doom.

4. Who confesses the truth about the broken dish?
(a) Jotham.
(b) Ethan.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Zeena.

5. Ethan perceives Zeena's tone as __________________________.
(a) Sadly defeated.
(b) Dryly resolute.
(c) Happily vindictive.
(d) Cheerfully upbeat.

6. When the narrator arrives at Ethan's house he finds ___________________________________.
(a) Only Mattie waiting for Ethan.
(b) The house is dark and deserted.
(c) Two women waiting for Ethan.
(d) Only Zeena waiting for Ethan.

7. Wharton describes Ethan's mood as ________________________.
(a) Irrationally happy.
(b) Hesitantly happy.
(c) Cautiously optimistic.
(d) Irrationally fearful.

8. 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.

9. Who, from the description Wharton offers, appears to be the healthier of the women?
(a) Zeena.
(b) Ruth Varnum.
(c) The hired girl.
(d) Mattie.

10. In his anguish, Ethan finds the nerve to _____________________.
(a) Kiss Mattie.
(b) Tell Mattie she is no longer welcome.
(c) Demand money from Andrew Hale.
(d) Stand up to Zeena.

11. Why does Ethan think Zeena has not arrived at home yet?
(a) Mattie tells him they are still alone together.
(b) The sorrel is not in the barn, so he believes they have not arrived.
(c) Jotham Powell hides the sorrel until Ehtan goes into the house.
(d) Zeena tells Jotham to put the sorrel away where Ethan will not see it.

12. What surprises Mrs. Hale and her mother?
(a) The narrator's story of his night at 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 desire to talk about the Fromes.

13. Ethan's room is unusable for several months of the year because ______________________________________.
(a) He had to move the stove to Mattie's room, so the study has no heat.
(b) Zeena uses it for storage.
(c) It faces the sunlight in the west.
(d) Zeena uses it as a sewing room in the winter.

14. What pleasure do Mattie and Ethan allow themselves before the train comes?
(a) They write each other goodbye letters.
(b) They go sledding.
(c) They walk into town.
(d) They have coffee together.

15. Ethan returns home to find _____________________________________.
(a) Mattie has already left for the train station.
(b) Mattie has gone into town to seek a job.
(c) Zeena sick in bed while Mattie nurses her.
(d) Zeena reading a book while Mattie struggles with her heavy trunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he prepares the sorrel, Ethan remembers ______________________________.

2. Mattie's note to Ethan reads ___________________________.

3. Ethan and Jotham put off their trip into town because ________________________.

4. What lie is revealed when Zeena presses Ethan to pay for a hired girl?

5. Zeena has only made arrangements for _____________________.

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