2. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?
(a) She makes unnecessary changes in recipes to save money.
(b) Her taste buds have gotten less sensitive and she over-salts everything.
(c) She is not used to cooking for so many people and there is never enough food.
(d) She is inattentive and careless.

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

4. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Alice Munroe.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Eudora Welty.

5. What can be inferred from Enid's father's beliefs about nurses and their potential as wives?
(a) He thinks that what is most important is for Enid to get married.
(b) He understands what a career means to his daughter.
(c) He thinks that men of Enid's generation are foolish in their prejudices.
(d) He is far more old-fashioned than most men of his generation.

6. Why are Lois and Sylvie not staying with Olive?
(a) Her house is far enough away that they would need to change schools.
(b) Their father needs some time away from the responsibility of caring for them.
(c) They dislike her and refuse to stay with her.
(d) Mrs. Quinn refuses to let them go, even though she barely sees them.

7. When, on page 36, Mrs. Quinn says "Good riddance to bad rubbish," to whom is she referring?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Enid.
(c) Herself.
(d) Olive.

8. What do the boys think Jutland is named after?
(a) The town founder's birthplace.
(b) The peninsular shape of the land.
(c) The ruins of a dam across the river.
(d) A famous WWI battle.

9. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?
(a) A snake.
(b) A kaleidoscope.
(c) A broken mirror.
(d) A snowman.

10. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?
(a) Wry.
(b) Facetious.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Critical.

11. What does Enid recall a patient doing with a willow platter she asked Enid to retrieve for her?
(a) Asking Enid to hide it.
(b) Giving it to Enid.
(c) Giving it away to a stranger.
(d) Smashing it.

12. Why does Jimmy's great-aunt Mary live with his family?
(a) Her eyesight is failing.
(b) It is her house.
(c) She is needed to take care of the children.
(d) She has social anxiety.

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

14. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?
(a) An elf's head.
(b) A shark's tooth.
(c) A mushroom.
(d) A full moon.

15. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?
(a) Cartoonish.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Intimidating.