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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 is Captain Tervitt's current job?
(a) None--he is retired.
(b) Special constable.
(c) Ship's captain.
(d) Town clerk.

2. Where did Rupert meet his wife?
(a) Northern Canada.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Montreal.

3. What reason does Enid give for her and her friends constant humiliation of Rupert when they were in school?
(a) They did it because they could.
(b) Rupert came from a family no one liked.
(c) They did it because they were insecure themselves.
(d) Rupert was a bully to younger boys.

4. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?
(a) A kaleidoscope.
(b) A broken mirror.
(c) A snowman.
(d) A snake.

5. What does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid to get her daughters to stop doing?
(a) Playing outdoors.
(b) Slamming the door.
(c) Laughing loudly in the house.
(d) Coming in to visit her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys usually call one another when they are out at Jutland?

2. What do the attentions of the creamery manager at the Town Hall dance tell the reader about Enid?

3. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

4. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?

5. When do the boys plan to go to the police?

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