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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 detail does Enid notice about the front-room floor?
(a) It is starting to rot through.
(b) It has recently had a new coat of paint.
(c) It has not ever been properly polished.
(d) There is a loose floorboard with an empty space underneath.

2. What does Mrs. Quinn do with the souvenir cloth?
(a) Shreds it with scissors.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Buries it.
(d) Tosses it in the river.

3. What can be inferred from Enid's father's beliefs about nurses and their potential as wives?
(a) He thinks that what is most important is for Enid to get married.
(b) He understands what a career means to his daughter.
(c) He is far more old-fashioned than most men of his generation.
(d) He thinks that men of Enid's generation are foolish in their prejudices.

4. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?
(a) It is hard for them to understand how it can look exactly as usual when Mr. Willens is dead.
(b) They have begun to suspect that Mrs. Willens has something to do with her husband's death.
(c) It has only just occurred to them that Mr. Willens's death will be terrible for his wife.
(d) They are wondering if Mrs. Willens will be angry at them for waiting so long to go to the police.

5. What small present does Rupert bring for Enid?
(a) An apple.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A new notebook.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used in the sentence: "Ice daggers shooting up behind their eyes and jabbing the tops of their skulls from the inside" (5)?

3. When she is cleaning the Quinns' house in the middle of the night, what does Enid realize?

4. What relation is Olive to Mrs. Quinn?

5. Why is Colonel Box so cool and disinterested toward Jimmy?

(see the answer key)

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