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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. What does Enid recall a patient doing with a willow platter she asked Enid to retrieve for her?
(a) Smashing it.
(b) Asking Enid to hide it.
(c) Giving it away to a stranger.
(d) Giving it to Enid.

2. What does Cece cook for his and his mother's dinner?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Beans.

3. What does Enid always bring with her when she nurses a female patient?
(a) A hairbrush.
(b) Curlers.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) Blue ribbons.

4. To what does Mrs. Quinn compare the foam coming from Mr. Willens's mouth?
(a) The foam around a rabid dog's mouth.
(b) The foam on the river in springtime.
(c) The foam peroxide makes around a cut.
(d) The foam on boiling strawberries.

5. Why are Lois and Sylvie not staying with Olive?
(a) They dislike her and refuse to stay with her.
(b) Their father needs some time away from the responsibility of caring for them.
(c) Her house is far enough away that they would need to change schools.
(d) Mrs. Quinn refuses to let them go, even though she barely sees them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Quinn seem after her husband's visits?

2. What is revealed in the paragraph about Mrs. Quinn's wish to smash Mr. Willens's instruments?

3. Why does Mrs. Quinn repeat things that Enid says to her?

4. Why does Mrs. Quinn finally go back into the front room after the murder?

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

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