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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 Rupert buy for the sickroom to make his wife more comfortable?
(a) Blackout curtains.
(b) A ceiling fan.
(c) A radio.
(d) A down quilt.

2. Why is the house lit by candlelight when Rupert comes in one night?
(a) Enid has turned off the lights to let the children sleep downstairs.
(b) Enid is trying to create a romantic atmosphere.
(c) The electricity has been shut off for nonpayment.
(d) The electricity has gone out in a storm.

3. What is different about the way that Enid lets the girls play on the last day of their mother's life?
(a) She lets them be as noisy as they want to be.
(b) She lets them play outside past dusk.
(c) She lets them climb in the trees by the river.
(d) She lets them get as dirty as they like.

4. 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 a gentle, calming way.
(c) In a violent, angry way.
(d) In an uncertain, unsteady way.

5. When she is cleaning the Quinns' house in the middle of the night, what does Enid realize?
(a) Mrs. Quinn was a careless housekeeper.
(b) The children need to be given some chores.
(c) The Quinns are much poorer than she realized.
(d) Rupert has actually not lived in the house for some time.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?

2. On page 67, what is there an excerpt from?

3. Where does Mrs. Quinn say she thinks her husband goes after he visits her?

4. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?

5. How old was Enid when her father made her promise to drop out of nursing school?

(see the answer key)

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