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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. As she becomes more ill, Mrs. Quinn becomes "capricious" about her food (49). What does this mean she does?
(a) Expects everything to be cooked to a very high standard.
(b) Refuses to eat because the thinks the food is poisoned or tainted.
(c) Picks at her food and eats almost nothing.
(d) Changes her mind for very little reason.

2. What is the common thread among the questions that Mrs. Quinn asks about Enid's mother?
(a) They have to do with Enid's mother's relationship with Mr. Willens.
(b) They have to do with how wealthy Enid's mother is.
(c) They have to do with Enid's mother's ethnic and religious background.
(d) They have to do with Mrs. Quinn's suspicions about her husband's infidelity.

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

4. In describing the boys on their way back to town, what does the narrator say they are like?
(a) Adults.
(b) Stones.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Animals.

5. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?
(a) Bud Salter and Ralph Diller.
(b) Charlie Evans and Jimmy Box.
(c) Jimmy Box and Bud Salter.
(d) Ralph Diller and Charlie Evans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Enid when her father made her promise to drop out of nursing school?

2. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

3. What does Enid realize that her patients and others might think about her?

4. When, on page 36, Mrs. Quinn says "Good riddance to bad rubbish," to whom is she referring?

5. What is the Willens house known for?

(see the answer key)

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