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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. What does Cece's mother usually do after their midday meal?
(a) Go to work.
(b) Go back to bed.
(c) Go to her sister's.
(d) Go to church.

2. What caused Jimmy's father's disability?
(a) He was born with it.
(b) A car crash.
(c) Polio.
(d) An accident at work.

3. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?
(a) Her taste buds have gotten less sensitive and she over-salts everything.
(b) She is not used to cooking for so many people and there is never enough food.
(c) She makes unnecessary changes in recipes to save money.
(d) She is inattentive and careless.

4. What is in the red box in the museum?
(a) Old photographs.
(b) Porcelain insulators.
(c) Optometrist's instruments.
(d) Donations to keep the museum running.

5. What is the name of the town where the story begins?
(a) Walley.
(b) Tobermory.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Yarmouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a person does Enid's mother make her promise not to marry?

2. How did Mr. D. M. Willens die?

3. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?

4. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?

5. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?

(see the answer key)

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