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Ethan Frome

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About the Author

Personal Background
Education and Early Work
Married Life
The French Years
Career Highlights

About the Novel

Introduction
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

Summaries and Commentaries

Prologue
Chapters 1–2
Chapters 3–5
Chapters 6–7
Chapters 8–9
Epilogue

Character Analyses

Ethan Frome
Zenobia (Zeena) Frome
Mattie Silver

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Wharton’s Style
Literary Tools
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1:  With whom did The Narrator lodge during his stay in Starkfield?

a. Ethan Frome

b. Mrs. Ned Hale

c. Harmon Gow

d. Denis Eady
2:  Where in New England is Ethan Frome set?

a. Vermont

b. Rhode Island

c. Maine

d. Massachusetts
3:  Who is the wealthy Irish grocer who has a crush on Mattie?

a. Jotham Powell

b. Denis Eady

c. Daniel Byrne

d. Harmon Gow
4:  Why does Zeena go to Bettsbridge?

a. to buy a new dress

b. to visit her sister

c. to see Dr. Buck

d. to sell some land
5:  Who drives Zeena to the station?

a. Jotham Powell

b. Harmon Gow

c. Andrew Hale

d. Denis Eady
6:  Why does Zeena first arrive at the Frome’s?

a. to care for Ethan’s mother

b. to see her brother

c. she has nowhere else to go

d. to settle an estate
7:  Ethan once had a dream of pursuing what profession?

a. breeding horses

b. teaching

c. medicine

d. engineering
8:  After the “smash-up,” who cares for Mattie and Ethan?

a. Mrs. Hale

b. Harmon Gow

c. Ethan’s mother

d. Zeena
9:  When Ethan decides to run away with Mattie, from whom is he expecting to get payment for a ship of lumber?

a. Harmon Gow

b. Andrew Hale

c. Dr. Buck

d. The Narrator
10:  Who says the following: “Perhaps if it hadn’t been winter, things would have been different”?

a. Mrs. Ned Hale

b. Zeena

c. Mattie

d. Ethan Frome
11:  Who says the following “I’ve got complications.”

a. Ethan Frome

b. Mrs. Ned Hale

c. Zeena

d. Andrew Hale
12:  Who says the following: “She needn’t know anything about it if you keep quiet.”

a. Zeena

b. Ethan Frome

c. Dr. Buck

d. Mrs. Ned Hale



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