Ethan Frome Chapter 7

Who wields the most power in the Frome household?

• Mattie

• Ethan

• Zeena

What keeps Ethan from insisting that Mattie stay?

• He is afraid of what people will think.

• He is afraid of Zeena.

• He feels guilty about his love for Mattie

• He had promised that Mattie would only stay one year.

What is antipathy?

• compassion

• fear

• apathy

• hatred

What has Zeena done while out of town that displeases Ethan?

• She has hired a servant.

• She has bad-mouthed Ethan to her relatives.-

• She has spent too much money on medicine.

• She has purchased new clothes.

What makes Zeena cry?

• She knows that Ethan loves Mattie.

• She sees Ethan and Mattie kissing.

• She is afraid to die.

• Her pickle dish is broken.

Who broke the pickle dish?

• Mattie

• a mouse

• the cat

• Ethan

Who wields the least power in the Frome household?

• Zeena

• Ethan

• Mattie

What is an almshouse?

• a house that offers rented rooms at very little expense.

• a house built originally by a charitable person or organization for poor people to live in.

• a soup kitchen

• a replacement for the "L" Ethan's house is missing.

Zeena lost her health by nursing Ethan's mother.

• True

• False

Zeena says that she cares more about Ethan than anything else.

• True

• False