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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 relation is Olive to Mrs. Quinn?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her daugher.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her sister-in-law.

2. Why does it bother Cece when his mother gives him money?
(a) He knows how hard it is for her to save any money.
(b) He thinks she does it out of shame.
(c) He thinks that she does it to get rid of him for a while.
(d) He is sure that she has stolen it from his father.

3. 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, because he does not really care about Enid.
(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, as he will be dead soon.
(d) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, because he is no one to be bothered about disappointing.

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

5. What does Jimmy get embarrassed by as they walk downtown?
(a) His mother working in a shop window.
(b) The attention he gets from older girls.
(c) His ill-fitting and worn clothing.
(d) Hearing people whispering about his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence: "Ice daggers shooting up behind their eyes and jabbing the tops of their skulls from the inside" (5)?

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

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

4. What is the "Death Trap" (7)?

5. What caused Jimmy's father's disability?

(see the answer key)

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