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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. Why does Jimmy's great-aunt Mary live with his family?
(a) She has social anxiety.
(b) She is needed to take care of the children.
(c) It is her house.
(d) Her eyesight is failing.

2. Where does Jimmy's mother work?
(a) Paquette's Service Station.
(b) Shervill's Dairy Bar.
(c) The Duke of Cumberland.
(d) Honeker's Department Store.

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

4. What animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Birds.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Rabbits.

5. What first causes the boys to notice the submerged car?
(a) The blue color in the water.
(b) The air bubbles surfacing around it.
(c) The trunk sticking up out of the water.
(d) The motion of the dead man's arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys think Jutland is named after?

2. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?

3. When Enid makes up her mind about nursing school, what question does her mother ask her, on page 40?

4. When, on page 36, Mrs. Quinn says "Good riddance to bad rubbish," to whom is she referring?

5. To what animal's teeth does Enid compare Mrs. Quinn's teeth?

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