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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 crop is Rupert trying to harvest and store in June?
(a) Hay.
(b) Barley.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

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

3. How does Mrs. Quinn seem after her husband's visits?
(a) Comforted.
(b) Dissatisfied.
(c) Agitated.
(d) Distraught.

4. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?
(a) Enid's mother.
(b) Mrs. Willens.
(c) Olive.
(d) Mrs. Box.

5. What technique is used in the phrase "the mirror beside the kitchen door with the shelf underneath always loaded with safety pins, bobby pins, pennies, buttons, bits of pencils" (17)?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Colloquialism.
(c) Innuendo.
(d) Asyndeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?

2. What do the men in town call the boys when they are in a good mood and want to seem friendly?

3. Besides his cooking skills, what else does Cece not tell the other boys about?

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

5. What is in the red box in the museum?

(see the answer key)

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