Ethan Frome Final Test

The setting of Ethan Frome can best be described as...

• isolated and cold
• bustling and crowded
• hot and humid
• exciting and chilly

The Frome house and farm can best be described as...

• prosperous
• quaint 
• poor
• large

Ethan is frequently associated with images of...

• sun and warmth 
• ice and snow 
• birds and trees
• dirt and farmland

The breaking of Zeena's treasured dish is an example of...

• flashback 
• setting 
• suspense
• symbolism

Ethan decides to not ask Andrew Hale for the money because he feels...

• guilty and ashamed
• hopeful 
• carefree and irresponsible 
• tired

What circumstances caused Ethan to quit his studies?

• Zeena's illness
• His father's death 
• His mother's illness
• His failure at school

What local landmark do Ethan and Mattie discuss on the walk home?

• the dangerous elm 
• the sawmill 
• the cemetery 
• the frozen creek

What item got broken during Ethan and Mattie's dinner? 

• lamp 
• pickle dish 
• window
• the punch bowl

After supper Mattie sits in her chair... 

• sewing 
• reading 
• petting the cat 
• talking with Ethan

The cat is a reminder that Zeena is gone because...

• it sits in Zeena's chair
• it bothers Ethan 
• it sleeps by the stove 
• it sleeps in Ethan's bed