Ethan Frome Ch. 5-6

After dinner in Chapter 5 when Mattie and Ethan are sitting in a living room, what does Ethan ask Mattie to do? 

• sew a blanket
• play the piano
• sit in Zeena's rocking chair next to him
• 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 was dying

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

• Mattie's ineffectiveness
• Mattie getting married one day
• Zeena's growing dependence on pills
• the chance to go coasting

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What item did both Mattie and Ethan touch at the same that made them feel weirdly connected? 

• 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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CCSS.RL.5.3

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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 Ethan try to buy the glue from first, 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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What does Ethan Kiss?

• Mattie
• The fabric
• the cat
• the table

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Why don't Mattie and Ethan go sledding?

• the moon was out
• Ethan forgot
• It is too dark
• the sled broke

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