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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 claim does Mrs. Quinn make about her role in what was happening with Mr. Willens?
(a) She claims that she accepted his advances because Mr. Quinn rejected her.
(b) She claims to have been helpless because she had to stay still.
(c) She claims that she did not understand Mr. Willens' intentions.
(d) She claims that she had already told Mr. Willens that his attentions were unwelcome.

2. What does Mrs. Quinn say Rupert was "wasting the time" doing after the murder (58)?
(a) Saying a prayer for Willens.
(b) Asking her questions about what he saw happening with Willens.
(c) Trying to clean his hands with a dry cloth.
(d) Putting away Willens's instrments.

3. What did Cece Ferns and Ralph Diller find near the river the previous year?
(a) A pack of cigarettes.
(b) A gold coin.
(c) Shell casings from a rifle.
(d) A cow's hipbone.

4. When Enid gets up in the middle of the night to work, she thinks that it is the best way to be "penitent" (52). What does this mean she is trying to do?
(a) Stay organized.
(b) Keep herself busy and distracted.
(c) Show she is sorry.
(d) Keep herself humble.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the attentions of the creamery manager at the Town Hall dance tell the reader about Enid?

2. What is the tone of Mrs. Quinn's thoughts about Mr. Willens's kiss?

3. What does Mrs. Quinn find on the front-room table?

4. What does Enid recall a patient doing with a willow platter she asked Enid to retrieve for her?

5. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?

(see the answer key)

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