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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Heart Failure" Pages 31-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
(a) Never.
(b) As soon as they return to town.
(c) In the morning.
(d) After dinner.

2. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?
(a) Hikers do not always see bears in time to get away.
(b) The turnaround for cars gets too overgrown to use.
(c) Children sometimes get lost in the area.
(d) The thick underbrush sometimes catches fire.

3. In high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her ambition.
(c) Her girlfriends.
(d) Her clubs and activities.

4. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?
(a) Cartoonish.
(b) Intimidating.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Disinterested.

5. What do the boys realize as they near the police station?
(a) They would rather keep what they know a secret because they do not want Mrs. Willens to be upset.
(b) They will have to make their report in front of a bunch of gossiping old men.
(c) They are no longer sure that they saw what they think they saw.
(d) They will be in trouble for waiting so long to go to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Enid been a nurse by the time she has Mrs. Quinn as a patient?

2. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?

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

4. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?

5. What reason does Enid give for her and her friends constant humiliation of Rupert when they were in school?

(see the answer key)

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