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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oh, What Avails.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What observation does Morris' bookkeeper make about Matilda?
(a) She is still beautiful.
(b) She is a husband stealer.
(c) She is a saint.
(d) She is a little crazy.

2. What leaves a big stain on the floor of Almeda's house?
(a) Grape jelly.
(b) Varnish.
(c) Raspberry pie.
(d) Red wine.

3. What does Murray catch Victor doing when he comes home one day?
(a) Watching Barbara sunbathing.
(b) Setting fire to the drapes.
(c) Stealing food.
(d) Taking money from the register.

4. What does Jeanine reveal to Averill at a party in Jeanine's cabin?
(a) Jeanine's husband left her for another woman.
(b) Jeanine was accused of murdering her husband.
(c) Jeanine is in love with the captain of the ship.
(d) Jeanine has been divorced for several years.

5. In a flashback, Murray recalls a man named ______________ who came to Murray's store looking for work clothes.
(a) Vance.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Vernon.
(d) Victor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Averill NOT do on deck each night?

2. Who had been Ellie's nurse?

3. Who does the narrator's mother blame for all of Flora's problems?

4. The captain tells a story about ________________.

5. How does the narrator know Flora Grieves?

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