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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena believes Mattie will leave soon because ______________________________.
(a) Mattie will get married to Denis Eady.
(b) Mattie has grown tired of Ethan's advances.
(c) Mattie has found another post in town.
(d) Mattie will return to live with her own family.

2. Ethan enjoys following Zeena's orders at first because ___________________________________________.
(a) They free him to leave the house and go about his business.
(b) They free him of responsibility to his home and family.
(c) He cannot run the farm without her help.
(d) They remind him of when his mother was alive and well.

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

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

5. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.
(a) He can marry Mattie when Zeena dies.
(b) He can share some of his passions with Mattie.
(c) He can leave Mattie to take care of herself.
(d) He can tell Mattie of his troubles with Zeena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethan claims he needs to collect money from Mr. Hale because ____________________________________.

2. Zeena believes Mattie enjoys living in Starkfield only because ______________________________.

3. Ethan and Mattie discuss the marriage of ________________________.

4. Zeena has packed her bag in order to _________________________________.

5. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mattie upset to learn that the Fromes expect her to leave them someday?

2. If winter has kept him "frozen" in the same old patterns, what might the coming spring promise for Ethan Frome?

3. Why does Zeena's family refuse to help Mattie when her father dies?

4. Why is Ethan concerned about Zeena's behavior toward himself and Mattie?

5. What was Ethan doing before he returned to Starkfield?

6. Why does Ethan give up on the hope of money from Andrew Hale?

7. What images might foreshadow trouble or death in the chapter?

8. Why did Ethan find it easier to put his arm around Mattie when they were outside together than when they are in his home?

9. What concerns does Ethan Frome express about Mattie Silver throughout the chapter?

10. What is Ethan's reaction to finding Ned and Ruth Varnum kissing among the trees?

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