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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. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?
(a) Eudora Welty.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Alice Munroe.
(d) Alice Walker.

2. Why does Mrs. Quinn repeat things that Enid says to her?
(a) To mock her.
(b) Her hearing is fading.
(c) She gets distracted and confused.
(d) English is not her first language.

3. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?
(a) World War II.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Mozart.

4. What is implied in the sentence, "The next day Mrs. Quinn's strength came flooding back, in that unnatural and deceptive way that Enid had seen once or twice in others" (56)?
(a) Mrs. Quinn was faking a lot of her symptoms just to upset her husband.
(b) Mrs. Quinn is rallying right before she is about to die.
(c) Mrs. Quinn is using some kind of drug to give her an artificial strength.
(d) Mrs. Quinn is only pretending to feel better because she has something important to say.

5. What does Mrs. Quinn say about the radio show that calls people to offer the chance to answer a question in return for a prize?
(a) The game is rigged by the radio station.
(b) Her brother used to work for this radio show.
(c) She once won a trip to Niagara Falls from this radio station.
(d) The question make her laugh because they are so easy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rupert going when he tells Enid he will be away for a couple of days?

2. What unnerving sound does Enid hear from the sickroom when Rupert is there saying goodbye to his wife before he leaves town?

3. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?

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

5. For Enid, what is different about Mrs. Quinn from all of her previous patients?

(see the answer key)

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