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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. 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.

2. When the boys tell Captain Tervitt what they discovered, why does he not take them to make a police report?
(a) He is deaf and cannot hear them.
(b) He does not believe them.
(c) He wants to notify Mrs. Willens first.
(d) He is the one who killed Mr. Willens.

3. In high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?
(a) Her ambition.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Her clubs and activities.
(d) Her girlfriends.

4. What is the common thread among the questions that Mrs. Quinn asks about Enid's mother?
(a) They have to do with how wealthy Enid's mother is.
(b) They have to do with Mrs. Quinn's suspicions about her husband's infidelity.
(c) They have to do with Enid's mother's ethnic and religious background.
(d) They have to do with Enid's mother's relationship with Mr. Willens.

5. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?
(a) The boys are well-known in town and people are honking to say "hi."
(b) The boys are in the way of people trying to get to work.
(c) The boys are not supposed to be on that bridge at all.
(d) The boys are walking on a dangerous part of the bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it bother Cece when his mother gives him money?

2. Where does Enid usually sleep at the Quinns' house?

3. When she is cleaning the Quinns' house in the middle of the night, what does Enid realize?

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

5. To what animal's teeth does Enid compare Mrs. Quinn's teeth?

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