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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. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?
(a) Cece's.
(b) Mrs. Willens's.
(c) Jimmy's.
(d) Bud's.

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

3. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?
(a) Ralph Diller and Charlie Evans.
(b) Charlie Evans and Jimmy Box.
(c) Bud Salter and Ralph Diller.
(d) Jimmy Box and Bud Salter.

4. When Enid makes up her mind about nursing school, what question does her mother ask her, on page 40?
(a) "Who's going to pay your bills?"
(b) "Did you pray about it?"
(c) "Are you trying to hurt me?"
(d) "Does this mean you'll stay home with me?"

5. Where does Mrs. Quinn say she thinks her husband goes after he visits her?
(a) To pick up other women.
(b) To the Duke of Cumberland.
(c) Back to work.
(d) To his sister's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud tell his little brother Doris is doing at the stove?

2. Why are Lois and Sylvie not staying with Olive?

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

4. What dessert does Bud get in trouble for picking at before dinner?

5. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

(see the answer key)

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