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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 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.

2. What did Cece Ferns and Ralph Diller find near the river the previous year?
(a) Shell casings from a rifle.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A cow's hipbone.
(d) A gold coin.

3. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Killer.
(c) Deadman.
(d) Detective.

4. What is implied in the sentence, "The next day Mrs. Quinn's strength came flooding back, in that unnatural and deceptive way that Enid had seen once or twice in others" (56)?
(a) Mrs. Quinn is rallying right before she is about to die.
(b) Mrs. Quinn is only pretending to feel better because she has something important to say.
(c) Mrs. Quinn is using some kind of drug to give her an artificial strength.
(d) Mrs. Quinn was faking a lot of her symptoms just to upset her husband.

5. How did Mr. D. M. Willens die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He was poisoned.
(d) He was hit by a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Quinn stares at Enid as if she wants to talk, what does Enid ask her?

2. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?

3. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?

4. What is in the red box in the museum?

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

(see the answer key)

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