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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 Mrs. Quinn say Rupert was "wasting the time" doing after the murder (58)?
(a) Asking her questions about what he saw happening with Willens.
(b) Putting away Willens's instrments.
(c) Saying a prayer for Willens.
(d) Trying to clean his hands with a dry cloth.

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

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

4. Where does Mrs. Quinn discover blood after she has finished cleaning her shoes and the floor?
(a) The porch.
(b) The yard.
(c) The rocking chair.
(d) Her clothing.

5. What do the attentions of the creamery manager at the Town Hall dance tell the reader about Enid?
(a) She is unlikely to find a man her own age in Walley who is interested in her.
(b) She is widely considered to be disagreeable and unattractive.
(c) She is a popular and attractive woman, but she has little interest in men.
(d) She is still too focused on her career to spend much time thinking about boyfriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rupert meet his wife?

2. What relation is Olive to Mrs. Quinn?

3. How long has Enid been a nurse by the time she has Mrs. Quinn as a patient?

4. What can be inferred from Enid's father's beliefs about nurses and their potential as wives?

5. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?

(see the answer key)

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