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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 the doctor have to say about Enid feeding Mrs. Quinn eggnogs?
(a) It is dragging out her death.
(b) It is a brilliant idea.
(c) Raw eggs might kill the woman.
(d) She needs more nutritious food.

2. What do the boys realize as they near the police station?
(a) They will be in trouble for waiting so long to go to the police.
(b) They would rather keep what they know a secret because they do not want Mrs. Willens to be upset.
(c) They are no longer sure that they saw what they think they saw.
(d) They will have to make their report in front of a bunch of gossiping old men.

3. 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 a mechanical, jerking way.
(b) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(c) In a gentle, calming way.
(d) In a violent, angry way.

4. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Intimidating.
(c) Cartoonish.
(d) Grotesque.

5. Why are Lois and Sylvie not staying with Olive?
(a) They dislike her and refuse to stay with her.
(b) Mrs. Quinn refuses to let them go, even though she barely sees them.
(c) Her house is far enough away that they would need to change schools.
(d) Their father needs some time away from the responsibility of caring for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?

2. What does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid to get her daughters to stop doing?

3. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?

4. How long has the doctor predicted Mrs. Quinn will live?

5. What does Cece cook for his and his mother's dinner?

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