Respond to the questions below in complete sentences in order to receive credit. You can also receive credit by responding or adding to your classmates' responses. Include quotes from and/or specific references to the text in your responses.
IX – END
1. Where do Ethan and Mattie first stop on their ride, and how do they act toward each other?
2. What is Ethan’s motive for stopping at the crest of the Corbury Road ? What is their first ride down together like?
3. What idea does Mattie suggest and why?
4. What does Ethan mean when he says, “I know we can fetch it”? What image does he suddenly see, and how does he react?
5. How does Mrs. Hale describe Ethan Frome’s life after the accident? Why does she make this assessment of him?
6. In the beginning of the novella, Ethan opens the door to his house for the narrator, but the narrator does not describe what he sees until the final chapter. Who does the “querulous droning” belong to? Were you surprised?
7. Do you agree with the words of Mrs. Hale that “[I]f she’d ha’ died, Ethan might ha’ lived.” Why or why not?
8. How is the end of the novel ironic?