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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Heart Failure" Pages 44-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?
(a) Wry.
(b) Critical.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Facetious.

2. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Grotesque.
(c) Cartoonish.
(d) Intimidating.

3. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Vain.
(d) Sullen.

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

5. What made Enid feel "Restored to seriousness and respect" (47)?
(a) Getting good grades.
(b) Becoming a nurse.
(c) When Rupert would initiate contact with her in class.
(d) Working for Rupert so many years after high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cece's mother usually do after their midday meal?

2. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?

3. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

4. What can be inferred from Enid's memories of girls at school who married and had children young?

5. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?

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