9th Ethan Frome Ch. 7-9 – Flashcards
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what word of sickness does zeena use to describe her condition?
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complications
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what does this imply?
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nothing serious is wrong with her
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what is her docter's name?, and what does he tell zeena that she needs to get?
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Dr. Buck, get a hired girl
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when does zeena say that this person is coming?
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tomorrow afternoon
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on whom or what does zeena blame her health problems?
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Zeena's mother (zeena's caring for her)
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why is this outburst of anger on both their parts significant?
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because it has been building up
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what cruel remark does zeena make about the financial situation of other fromes?
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they were poor
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what lie of ethan's does zeena catch him in?
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he said he was going to get money from andrew hale
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why does zeena say that mattie must go?
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because she doesn't want 2 hired girls
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how does zeena respond when ethan says a cruel thing?
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i know well enough what they say of my having long as I have
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when must mattie leave, according to zeena?
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the next day
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how does he feel toward zeena after having told him the news about mattie?
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he feels that she is evil
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when ethan can no longer eat, what does he do to mattie?
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you can't go matt! I'll never let you!
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what does ethan tell mattie?
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she has to leave
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when zeena comes back in to eat, what dish of mattie's does zeena complain about?
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pie
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what does zeena say she is going into the closet to get and what is she really going to get?
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stomach powders, remains of red pickle dish
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whom does ethan blame the broken pickle dish on?
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the cat
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how does zeena turn the blame game back upon mattie and ethan?
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she asked why she got it out of the closet
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what does zeena call mattie and say about her father?
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a bad girl, her father told her not to take her
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how does she carry the broken dish out of the room?
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she carries it as if it were a dead body
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describe ethan's private room behind the parlor. what does he use it for.
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shelves on wall for books, box sofa, papers on kitchen table, engraving of abraham lincoln, calendar with thoughts from the poets, he stayed their in the summer, and for his own use
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what three works are on the note that mattie writes to ethan?
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dont trouble ethan
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what sort of feelings rise up in ethan?
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sense of nearness
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describe the case of the man in a situation similar to ethan's.
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he divorced his wife and sent west with the woman he cared for
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what course of action does ethan ponder pursuing as a result?
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writing zeena a goodby letter and running off with mattie
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what does he start the note off saying?
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zeena, ive done all i can do for you
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what does ethan finally realize about traveling out west with mattie?
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money
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what does mattie have on when she finds ethan out in this room?
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poor dress, red scarf
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what sort of hopes does the morning light cause him to entertain?
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matt's last day
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what does jotham powell say to ethan that dispels these hopes?
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that daniel byrne offered to take mattie's trunk
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who is to take mattie's trunk over to the flats for her?
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daniel byrne
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to whom does ethan figure that he can go to find mercy for money?
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andrew hale
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whom does he meet on the way to see this person?
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Mrs. hale
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what kind of time does mrs hale say that ethan has had?
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awful mean time
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what is zeena reading when ethan steps into the kitchen?
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kidney troubles and their cure
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who was helping mattie get her trunk down?
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nobody
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how many times has ethan been in mattie's room before - why was he there before?
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once, plaster up a leak in the eaves
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what is mattie doing when he enters?
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sitting on her trunk crying
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who will drive mattie to the station?
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jotham powell
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in what kind of mood is zeena in at dinner that night?
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happy
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how does ethan respond when zeena says she wants ethan to stay and fix the stove in the upstairs?
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if it was good enough for mattie i guess it's good enough for a hired girl
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why is mattie in ethan's study?
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taking a look around
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does zeena even say goodbye to mattie before she leaves?
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no
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where does ethan take mattie riding?
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shadow pond
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why had they been to shadow pond before?
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they went to a picnic
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what possession of mattie's had ethan found for her there?
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locket
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what possession of ethan's had mattie found in ethan's study?
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note to zeena
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how long ago has mattie dreamed of a life with ethan?
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shadow pond
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what does ethan say he would rather happen to mattie than for her to marry?
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her die
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where does ethan offer to take mattie one last time?
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coasting
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why is this time of the night dangerous to be sledding?
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dark
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what does mattie do at the spot where ruth and ned had kissed each other?
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kissed ethan
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what does mattie surprisingly ask ethan to do with the sled?
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go right into the big elm
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does he resist at first?
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yes
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as ethan considers the request, what does he keep hearing across the road?
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old sorrel whinny
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who will sit in the front of the sled?
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ethan
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after the collision, what does ethan keep hearing next to him - what does he think it is?
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sorrel whinny
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when he touches it with his hand, what does it turn out to be?
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mattie
