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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. White doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Writing.
(b) Washing.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Darning socks.

2. What does Mrs. White find when she opens the door?
(a) A pile of rags.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her son.

3. How long have the Whites been together?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 60 years.

4. What ruins Mrs. White's comfort when she hears of Herbert's injury?
(a) It means he is fired.
(b) It means they need more money.
(c) It means he is dead.
(d) It means it went fast.

5. Which of these is one of the words used to describe Mrs. White's wish?
(a) Strange.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Morris stopped working?

2. What does Mr. White do when he cannot sleep?

3. What does White do to distract the person he is playing a game with?

4. Whom does Mrs. White have to pay the morning after the wish?

5. Where does Mr. White go to wait for the second wish to be fulfilled?

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