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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. To what animal's teeth does Enid compare Mrs. Quinn's teeth?
(a) Ferret.
(b) Horse.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Shark.

2. What is Mrs. Quinn's first thought when she sees Rupert attack Mr. Willens?
(a) That she enjoys the violence.
(b) She has to reason with her husband.
(c) That she will be next.
(d) She has to call the police.

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

4. Why does Jimmy's great-aunt Mary live with his family?
(a) She has social anxiety.
(b) It is her house.
(c) Her eyesight is failing.
(d) She is needed to take care of the children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?

2. Besides the smell of the burning cloth, what other smell does Mrs. Quinn blame for making her sick?

3. What makes the "Glug-glug" sound on page 59?

4. What do the attentions of the creamery manager at the Town Hall dance tell the reader about Enid?

5. What is the souvenir cloth from?

(see the answer key)

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