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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Mistake" Pages 56-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Enid when her father made her promise to drop out of nursing school?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 24.

2. What can be inferred from Enid's father's beliefs about nurses and their potential as wives?
(a) He thinks that what is most important is for Enid to get married.
(b) He is far more old-fashioned than most men of his generation.
(c) He thinks that men of Enid's generation are foolish in their prejudices.
(d) He understands what a career means to his daughter.

3. What change at home is implied to be the reason that Bud finally tells his mother what happened?
(a) The rest of Bud's family is out of the house.
(b) Bud's mother tells him he cannot go out to Jutland anymore.
(c) Bud's sisters call him names and say that he does not understand the real world.
(d) Bud's mother is worried about where her own husband is.

4. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?
(a) Asks them if they have seen her husband.
(b) Offers them some forsythia to take home to their mothers.
(c) Tells them to stop standing in the street staring.
(d) Goes back in the house to get them some cookies.

5. What does Enid do about Mrs. Quinn's "violent itching" (31)?
(a) Gives her oatmeal baths.
(b) Wraps her hands so she cannot scratch.
(c) Spreads medicated lotion on her skin.
(d) Presses ice packs against her skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?

2. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?

3. What technique is used in the phrase "the mirror beside the kitchen door with the shelf underneath always loaded with safety pins, bobby pins, pennies, buttons, bits of pencils" (17)?

4. What does Mrs. Quinn realize when she gets the keys from Mr. Willens's pocket?

5. Why does the teacher bring Lois and Sylvie home from school?

(see the answer key)

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