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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. How has Zeena changed since the accident?
(a) Zeena has gained strength and now cares for Ethan and Mattie.
(b) Zeena has grown quiet like Ethan's mother.
(c) Zeena feels responsible for the accident, and this exaggerates her illness.
(d) Zeena has grown affectionate and loving with Ethan.

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

3. Why is the lumber especially hard for Ethan to load?
(a) The logs are frozen together.
(b) The wagon is too short to carry them.
(c) The tree trunks are slippery.
(d) The tree trunks keep breaking.

4. When Zeena suggests that Mattie has "taken from her" the one she cared about most of all, she is referring to _____________________________.
(a) Mattie's father.
(b) The cat.
(c) A tea towel.
(d) Her red pickle dish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has no stranger set foot in the Fromes' house in twenty years?

2. According to Ruth Hale, who suffers most at the Fromes' house?

3. What does Zeena want to question Mattie about before she leaves?

4. What does Zeena claim the doctor has ordered her to do?

5. What reminds Ethan of Mattie as he walks to town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inspires Ethan to try to leave Zeena?

2. Aside from Mattie, where does Ethan continue to find inspiration and beauty?

3. What reason does Ethan give Mattie for Zeena sending her away?

4. Why is Ethan ashamed of his and Zeena's behavior in their room?

5. Why does Ethan perceive himself as impotent in his situation?

6. What clues does Ethan have that Zeena's return will not be a pleasant one?

7. What prevents Jotham from staying for dinner as he usually does, and why does this bother Ethan?

8. Why doesn't Ethan feel he can refuse Zeena's demand to send Mattie away?

9. What generally happens when Ethan tries to be dishonest?

10. What has given Zeena a new air of authority?

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