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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of asking the Hales for money, Ethan _________________________.
(a) Hides out in the barn.
(b) Goes to visit Jotham Powell.
(c) Goes home.
(d) Goes to the train station.

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

3. When Zeena arrives home, she ______________________________.
(a) Leaves again to visit the town doctor.
(b) Demands that Mattie make dinner immediately.
(c) Goes right to her room without saying anything.
(d) Tells Mattie she has hired a new girl.

4. What does Zeena want to question Mattie about before she leaves?
(a) Some of Mattie's recipes.
(b) More broken dishes.
(c) Ethan's behavior.
(d) Missing household items.

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

6. How does Ethan solve the glue problem?
(a) He throws the dish away.
(b) He uses wood glue from his shed to fix the dish.
(c) He uses flour paste to fix the dish.
(d) He buys it at another store.

7. Before they strike the elm, Ethan has a last vision of __________________________.
(a) His mother.
(b) Zeena's face.
(c) The cemetery by his home.
(d) Mattie's face.

8. After the accident, Ethan thinks he hears _____________________________.
(a) A wounded animal crying.
(b) Mattie calling for him.
(c) Zeena calling him home.
(d) A bird singing.

9. Ethan hopes that the bad roads or a late train might cause him to __________________________.
(a) Avoid delivering the lumber.
(b) Run into the elm tree.
(c) Arrive at the train on time to pick up Zeena.
(d) Arrive home before Zeena.

10. What lie is revealed when Zeena presses Ethan to pay for a hired girl?
(a) Zeena's lie about needing to see another doctor.
(b) Ethan's lie that he had loved Zeena when they were first married.
(c) Ethan's lie that he needed to collect money from Andrew Hale.
(d) Mattie's lie about planning to be married.

11. What emotion does Mrs. Hale express for Ethan?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Indifference.

12. Ethan invites Jotham to dinner because _______________________________________.
(a) He needs to talk to Jotham about his work.
(b) He wants a neutral presence there since Zeena has returned.
(c) He knows Zeena will not ask about money with Jotham there.
(d) He wants an objective observer to hear Zeena's health complaints.

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

14. Ethan believes that Zeena's one pleasure is __________________________________.
(a) Nursing her illness.
(b) Punishing the weak.
(c) Helping others.
(d) Inflicting pain on him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ethan sees Zeena he is moved by what emotion?

2. Why isn't Zeena fooled by Ethan's claim that the cat broke her pickle dish?

3. After the sled accident, Mattie _____________________________________.

4. For Ethan, Zeena personifies ______________________________-.

5. Ethan recalls that Mattie's few belongings had _____________________________________.

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