Ethan Fromefinal Unit Test Study Guide

Ethan FromeFinal Unit Test Study Guide

I. Matching

II. Multiple Choice

1. What about the "accident" does Mrs. Hale say is a pity?

2. What does the cat knock off the table and break?

3. Why does Zeena travel to Bettsbridge?

4. In what business had Mattie's father been engaged?

5. What does Ethan fantasize about Mattie while passing through the graveyard?

6. What happened to Ruth Varnum and Ned Hale while coasting?

7. For what reason does Zeena say Mattie will discontinue her services?

8. Why is Mattie living with Ethan and Zeena?

9. Why hadn't Ethan moved away from Starkfield?

10. Why does Ethan go to Michael Eady's place?

11. What does Ethan initially think when Zeena remarks that she is very ill?

12. What are the narrator's observations about the kitchen when he arrives at the Fromehousehold with Ethan?

13. Why does the sled swerve when Ethan and Mattie are headed toward the elm?

14. What has Mattie been wishing "every minute of every day"?

15. What does Mattie tell Ethan that she had found?

16. What "illusion" does Ethan have by the pond?

17. Why is Mattie sitting on her trunk sobbing?

18. Ethan intends to manipulate Mr. Hale into giving Ethan the money he owes for thelumber. What changes Ethan's mind?

19. According to Zeena, what caused her to lose her health?

20. What does Zeena often receive in the mail?

III. Essay – CHOOSE ONLY ONE TOPIC and write three well-developed paragraphs (minimum 5 sentences each paragraph).

1.Discuss symbolism in the novel. Choose at least three symbolic objects in the novel andexplain how Edith Wharton gives them significant meaning.

2. Identify the dominant point of view used in the novel and explain its effectiveness. Then,tell how the story might have been different if told with a different point of view.

3. Discuss the role of foreshadowing in the novel. Identify and explain at least three instancesof foreshadowing.

4. Use your imagination to predict another way the story might have ended. Consider thefollowing questions as possible prompts for your answer. What would have happened:

• if Ethan and Mattie had not crashed the sled?

• ifZeena had never found the broken pickle dish?

• if Ethan had gotten the fifty dollars from Mr. Hale?