Ethan Frome Prologue

The narrator and Ethan relate to each other over _____.

• women

• marriage troubles

• their disdain for Denis Eady

• engineering

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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The fact that the Frome house is missing its "New England L" indicates that ______.

• Ethan is too lazy to maintain his property

• Ethan doesn't have the money to maintain his property

• Zeena's city style has been very influential

• Ethan no longer wants to grow vegetables for the family

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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From whom does the narrator rent a room?

• Mattie Silver

• Ethan Frome

• Mrs. Ned Hale

• Harmon Gow

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Harmon Gow and Ruth Varnum are both important to the narrative because _____.

• they both share parts and pieces of Ethan's story

• they both have a very close friendship with Ethan

• they work together at the post office

• they are both related to Ethan's wife, Zenobia

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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The people of Starkfield _______.

• tend to talk about Ethan behind his back

• tend to leave Ethan alone

• try to give him money

• try to buy his house

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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Ethan and the narrator share what common experience?

• They have both been to Florida.

• They are both married.

• They were both born in Starkfield.

• They both enjoy the isolation that the snow brings.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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CCSS.RL.6.6

The narrator ends up staying at Ethan's house because ______.

• the snowstorm grows too severe for further travel

• the carriage breaks down on the trip back to town

• Ethan's wife graciously invites him to stay

• the narrator agrees to pay for room and board to stay there

The narrator is frustrated by Ethan's story because _____.

• no one is willing to fill in the many gaps in the story

• no one even knows what really happened to Ethan

• no one has lived in Starkfield long enough to remember what happened

• no one likes Ethan enough to tell the narrator what happened

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CCSS.RL.7.6

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The Prologue serves to do all of the following EXCEPT _____.

• introduce the narrator

• describe the setting

• introduce Mattie Silver

• establish the frame for the story

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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

• isolated and cold
• bustling and crowded
• hot and humid
• rainy and depressing

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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