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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. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?
(a) Bud's.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Cece's.
(d) Mrs. Willens's.

2. What does Sylvie claim that her sister has stolen?
(a) A book of paper dolls.
(b) A comb.
(c) A piece of candy.
(d) A red box.

3. To what does Mrs. Quinn compare the foam coming from Mr. Willens's mouth?
(a) The foam on boiling strawberries.
(b) The foam on the river in springtime.
(c) The foam peroxide makes around a cut.
(d) The foam around a rabid dog's mouth.

4. When Mrs. Quinn stares at Enid as if she wants to talk, what does Enid ask her?
(a) Why she has been such a terrible wife to Rupert.
(b) Whether she is uncomfortable or hungry.
(c) Whether she wants to see a priest or minister.
(d) Why she refuses to speak to her daughters.

5. What do the attentions of the creamery manager at the Town Hall dance tell the reader about Enid?
(a) She is a popular and attractive woman, but she has little interest in men.
(b) She is widely considered to be disagreeable and unattractive.
(c) She is unlikely to find a man her own age in Walley who is interested in her.
(d) She is still too focused on her career to spend much time thinking about boyfriends.

Short Answer 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?

2. As she becomes more ill, Mrs. Quinn becomes "capricious" about her food (49). What does this mean she does?

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

4. What happens when they carry Mr. Willens's body outside?

5. What does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid to get her daughters to stop doing?

(see the answer key)

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