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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 240 - 289).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are two meanings of the word "tonic"?
(a) Dear and toxic.
(b) Toxic and sweet.
(c) Bracing and refreshing.
(d) Sweet and dear.

2. What panics May in Part V?
(a) Leo is ill.
(b) She loses Hester for a while.
(c) Her father is ill.
(d) She thinks she sees a ghost.

3. What does May think is good for a gift for a hostess?
(a) Something living.
(b) Something red.
(c) Something blue.
(d) Something perishable.

4. What is one thing May does not like about petunias?
(a) They are too bright.
(b) The bees hate them.
(c) They are poisonous.
(d) They are sticky.

5. What flower does May throw a party to celebrate the blooming of?
(a) Peace lily.
(b) Night-blooming cereus.
(c) Farmer's bow.
(d) Christmas cactus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a reason the yew tree on the university campus is well-known?

2. What item does May see a quote on in Part I that makes her stop and think?

3. What tree does May plant a clipping from at her job?

4. What is the reason for the neighbor's cocktail party when May is a child?

5. What does Vanessa ask May if she could do to her father's house?

(see the answer key)

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