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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 strange thing does Cece's father do when he is in a violent mood?
(a) Hoots like a monkey.
(b) Takes his shoes and socks off.
(c) Snarls like a dog.
(d) Throws the Bible on the floor.

2. What implication of her mother's is Enid shocked by in their hospital discussion about whether she should make the promise to her father?
(a) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, as he will be dead soon.
(b) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, as Enid never keeps her promises.
(c) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, because he is no one to be bothered about disappointing.
(d) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, because he does not really care about Enid.

3. What technique is used in the phrase "the mirror beside the kitchen door with the shelf underneath always loaded with safety pins, bobby pins, pennies, buttons, bits of pencils" (17)?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Colloquialism.
(c) Innuendo.
(d) Asyndeton.

4. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?
(a) Vain.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) Sullen.

5. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?
(a) Hikers do not always see bears in time to get away.
(b) Children sometimes get lost in the area.
(c) The turnaround for cars gets too overgrown to use.
(d) The thick underbrush sometimes catches fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. For Enid, what is different about Mrs. Quinn from all of her previous patients?

4. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?

5. What does Enid always bring with her when she nurses a female patient?

(see the answer key)

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