View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Heart Failure" Pages 44-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enid do about Mrs. Quinn's "violent itching" (31)?
(a) Gives her oatmeal baths.
(b) Presses ice packs against her skin.
(c) Spreads medicated lotion on her skin.
(d) Wraps her hands so she cannot scratch.

2. What does Mrs. Quinn say about the radio show that calls people to offer the chance to answer a question in return for a prize?
(a) The question make her laugh because they are so easy.
(b) The game is rigged by the radio station.
(c) She once won a trip to Niagara Falls from this radio station.
(d) Her brother used to work for this radio show.

3. What do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?
(a) That they went swimming above the dam instead of below it.
(b) That they swam farther out into the river than any of the other boys have before.
(c) That they found a dead body.
(d) That they swam when there was still some snow on the ground.

4. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?
(a) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(b) In a violent, angry way.
(c) In a gentle, calming way.
(d) In a mechanical, jerking way.

5. What can be inferred from Enid's father's beliefs about nurses and their potential as wives?
(a) He thinks that men of Enid's generation are foolish in their prejudices.
(b) He understands what a career means to his daughter.
(c) He is far more old-fashioned than most men of his generation.
(d) He thinks that what is most important is for Enid to get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?

2. What is the common thread among the questions that Mrs. Quinn asks about Enid's mother?

3. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?

4. What does Enid like to do to relax after work?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 439 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample