Ethan Frome Chapters 5-6

After dinner in Chapter 5 when Mattie and Ethan are sitting in a living room, what does Ethan get her to do that makes them both oddly uncomfortable? 

• sew a blanket
• play the piano
• sit in Zeena's rocking chair
• sit on his lap

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Ethan mentions something that makes Mattie uncomfortable. What is it?

• that he saw Ruth and Ned kissing under the Varnum spruces
• that he wanted to kiss her if she'd only give him the chance
• that he and Zeena were considering a divorce
• that Zeena's illness was rendering her so sick, they'd need to get a more experienced helper for her

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What subject did Ethan bring up (again) that makes Mattie think that Zeena doesn't want her around?

• Mattie's ineffectiveness
• the prospect of her own marriage one day
• Zeena's growing dependence on pills
• the chance to go coasting

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What item did both Mattie and Ethan put their hands on that gave them a moment of connectedness? 

• Mattie's knee
• the lightswitch
• the mantle
• the item Mattie was sewing

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How did Ethan feel the morning after he woke with his night hanging out with Mattie in the living room?

• guilty
• happy
• sad
• indifferent

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What type of work did Ethan Frome do in the winter? 

• heavy machining
• milling & hauling lumber
• shoveling sidewalks
• delivering groceries

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What item did Ethan head to town to purchase?

• a new pickle jar
• a fancy plate
• glue
• horse feed

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Who did he try to purchase a product from, and who did he eventually end up buying it from

• Piper Grocers, Mrs. Homan
• Mrs. Homan, Michael Eady
• Jotham Powell, Mattie
• Denis Eady, Mrs. Homan

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How did the weather change over the course of chapter 6? 

• wet snow - sleet - rain
• sun - snow - sleet
• sleet - sun - rain
• rain - snow - rain

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Why didn't Ethan think Zeena was home? 

• it wasn't time for her to have arrived just yet
• she has a smell to her and he didn't smell it yet
• the atmoshpere of the house still felt so positive
• The sorrel wasn't in the barn because Jotham had it

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