Ethan Frome Study Guide UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Put these events in order:
A. Ethan's mother dies
B. Zeena goes to see a new doctor in Bettsbridge
C. Zeena becomes sickly
D. Ethan leaves for the station with Mattie.
E. Zeena returns from Bettsbridge
F. Ethan marries Zeena
G. Zeena comes to look after Ethan's mother
H. Mattie and Ethan hit the tree
I. Mattie comes to live in Starkfield
J. The cat breaks the glass dish - CORRECT ANSWER The events in Ethan Frome happen in
this order:
G. Zeena comes to look after Ethan's mother.
A. Ethan's mother dies
F. Ethan marries Zeena
C. Zeena becomes sickly
I. Mattie comes to live in Starkfield
B. Zeena goes to see a new doctor in Bettsbridge
J. The cat breaks the glass dish
E. Zeena returns from Bettsbridge
D. Ethan leaves for the station with Mattie
H. Mattie and Ethan hit the tree
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
, "Ain't I lucky that I got my dad's horse and sleigh waiting for us?"
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Denis Eady said this to Mattie.
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"What will Zeena say? It was her very best dish."
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Mattie said this to Ethan
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"You ain't got money problems, have you?"
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Andrew Hale to Ethan
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"We'll have to get a hired girl."
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Zeena to Ethan
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"I always knew you were bad."
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Zeena to Mattie
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Put these events in order:
A. Ethan's mother dies
B. Zeena goes to see a new doctor in Bettsbridge
C. Zeena becomes sickly
D. Ethan leaves for the station with Mattie.
E. Zeena returns from Bettsbridge
F. Ethan marries Zeena
G. Zeena comes to look after Ethan's mother
H. Mattie and Ethan hit the tree
I. Mattie comes to live in Starkfield
J. The cat breaks the glass dish - CORRECT ANSWER The events in Ethan Frome happen in
this order:
G. Zeena comes to look after Ethan's mother.
A. Ethan's mother dies
F. Ethan marries Zeena
C. Zeena becomes sickly
I. Mattie comes to live in Starkfield
B. Zeena goes to see a new doctor in Bettsbridge
J. The cat breaks the glass dish
E. Zeena returns from Bettsbridge
D. Ethan leaves for the station with Mattie
H. Mattie and Ethan hit the tree
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
, "Ain't I lucky that I got my dad's horse and sleigh waiting for us?"
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Denis Eady said this to Mattie.
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"What will Zeena say? It was her very best dish."
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Mattie said this to Ethan
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"You ain't got money problems, have you?"
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Andrew Hale to Ethan
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"We'll have to get a hired girl."
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Zeena to Ethan
Who said this? Who did they say it to? Mattie, Andrew Hale (the builder), Ruth Hale, Ethan, Denis
Eady, Zeena
"I always knew you were bad."
____________ to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER Zeena to Mattie
