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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 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, because he does not really care about Enid.
(c) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, as Enid never keeps her promises.
(d) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, because he is no one to be bothered about disappointing.

2. What is the name of the town where the story begins?
(a) Yarmouth.
(b) Tobermory.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Walley.

3. 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 thinks that what is most important is for Enid to get married.
(c) He is far more old-fashioned than most men of his generation.
(d) He understands what a career means to his daughter.

4. Why does Mrs. Quinn say she missed Mr. Willens's funeral?
(a) She was out of town.
(b) She could not get a ride.
(c) She was in labor with one of her daughters.
(d) She hates funerals.

5. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?
(a) A full moon.
(b) A mushroom.
(c) An elf's head.
(d) A shark's tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jimmy's great-aunt Mary live with his family?

2. Besides nursing, what other career does Enid consider when she is younger?

3. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?

4. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?

5. What household task does Olive take care of for the Quinns?

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