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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. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?
(a) Mrs. Willens.
(b) Olive.
(c) Mrs. Box.
(d) Enid's mother.

2. What does Enid always bring with her when she nurses a female patient?
(a) Nail polish.
(b) Curlers.
(c) Blue ribbons.
(d) A hairbrush.

3. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?
(a) Tells them to stop standing in the street staring.
(b) Goes back in the house to get them some cookies.
(c) Offers them some forsythia to take home to their mothers.
(d) Asks them if they have seen her husband.

4. Why is Colonel Box so cool and disinterested toward Jimmy?
(a) Jimmy is well-known as a troublemaker.
(b) Jimmy did not keep the secret that Colonel Box trusted him with.
(c) Colonel Box has the same last name but they are not actually related.
(d) Colonel Box disapproves of Jimmy's parents' marriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Quinn repeat things that Enid says to her?

2. What is the name of the town where the story begins?

3. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?

4. What animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?

5. What does Enid's mother believe is true about Enid?

(see the answer key)

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