Chapter III Quiz — Ethan Frome

What is Ethan doing when Chapter III opens?

• Feeding the livestock in the barn
• Hauling lumber at the lower end of the wood-lot
• Walking Mattie home from a church social
• Repairing the broken window in the farmhouse

What does Ethan regret about the previous evening?

• That he argued with Zeena about money
• That he did not walk Mattie all the way to the door
• That he did not kiss Mattie when he had the chance
• That he forgot to lock the front door of the farmhouse

How did Mattie Silver's father, Orin Silver, die?

• In a factory accident in Connecticut
• From a long illness after losing his business
• He died too soon to prove his ambitious business ventures would succeed
• He was killed in a carriage accident on the way to Starkfield

Where does Zeena announce she is traveling, and for what purpose?

• To Springfield to buy an electric battery
• To Starkfield to visit her sister
• To Bettsbridge to stay with Aunt Martha Pierce and see a new doctor
• To Corbury Flats to catch a train to Boston

What excuse does Ethan give for not driving Zeena to the Flats himself?

• He says the horse is too tired from hauling lumber
• He says he must collect a cash payment from Andrew Hale
• He says Jotham Powell volunteered to take her
• He says the roads are too icy for safe travel

Why does Ethan immediately regret his lie about collecting cash?

• Because Zeena catches him in the lie right away
• Because he fears Mattie overheard and will think less of him
• Because implying he has money might encourage Zeena to spend more on remedies
• Because he realizes Andrew Hale will deny the arrangement

How much older than Ethan is Zeena?

• Three years older
• Five years older
• Seven years older
• Ten years older

What did Zeena purchase on her last medical expedition to Springfield?

• A set of herbal tinctures
• A twenty-dollar electric battery she never learned to use
• A subscription to a medical journal
• A rocking chair prescribed for back pain

Did Ethan kiss Mattie in this chapter?

Did Zeena openly accuse Mattie of poor housekeeping in this chapter?

What does "querulous" mean as used to describe the lines on Zeena's face?

• Joyful and animated
• Complaining or whining in a petulant manner
• Deeply wrinkled from sun exposure
• Expressing shock or surprise

In the phrase "misfortune had, in a sense, indentured her to them," what does "indentured" mean?

• Introduced or recommended
• Made financially independent
• Bound to work for someone due to debt or obligation
• Given a formal education or training

What does "preclude" mean in the sentence "his sense of relief was so great as to preclude all other feelings"?

• To intensify or amplify
• To combine or merge together
• To prevent from happening or make impossible
• To delay or postpone indefinitely