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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Lies" Pages 62-78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cece's mother say she can smell on him?
(a) The wind.
(b) Cigarette smoke.
(c) The river.
(d) Beer.

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

3. Where does Jimmy's mother work?
(a) The Duke of Cumberland.
(b) Paquette's Service Station.
(c) Shervill's Dairy Bar.
(d) Honeker's Department Store.

4. 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 swam when there was still some snow on the ground.
(d) That they found a dead body.

5. Where is Rupert going when he tells Enid he will be away for a couple of days?
(a) To visit his mother, who is also ill.
(b) To a stock auction.
(c) To buy next year's seed.
(d) To help his brother bring in his crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed in the paragraph about Mrs. Quinn's wish to smash Mr. Willens's instruments?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "then a spot of water would show through, quiet as water in a pot" (63)?

3. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

4. What does Enid ask the girls when they are all sitting outside in the sun together?

5. What crop is Rupert trying to harvest and store in June?

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