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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 violent, angry way.
(b) In a gentle, calming way.
(c) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(d) In a mechanical, jerking way.

2. What relation is Olive to Mrs. Quinn?
(a) Her sister-in-law.
(b) Her daugher.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

3. How long has Enid been a nurse by the time she has Mrs. Quinn as a patient?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 12 years.

4. What is in the red box in the museum?
(a) Optometrist's instruments.
(b) Old photographs.
(c) Donations to keep the museum running.
(d) Porcelain insulators.

5. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) An animal tail.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) A mermaid's hair.
(d) A dead fish.

6. What does Bud tell his little brother Doris is doing at the stove?
(a) Boiling old boots.
(b) Putting lumps in the mashed potatoes.
(c) Creating a magic love potion.
(d) Making a stew from rocks and dirt.

7. What can be inferred from Enid's memories of girls at school who married and had children young?
(a) Professional opportunities for women are much too limited.
(b) Men will do nearly anything to oppress the women they claim to love.
(c) Being a wife and mother is a difficult life and probably not worth striving for.
(d) People often misunderstand the nature of their own ambitions.

8. What does Enid always bring with her when she nurses a female patient?
(a) Blue ribbons.
(b) A hairbrush.
(c) Curlers.
(d) Nail polish.

9. What strange thing does Cece's father do when he is in a violent mood?
(a) Snarls like a dog.
(b) Hoots like a monkey.
(c) Takes his shoes and socks off.
(d) Throws the Bible on the floor.

10. In high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her ambition.
(c) Her clubs and activities.
(d) Her girlfriends.

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

12. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?
(a) The boys are not supposed to be on that bridge at all.
(b) The boys are in the way of people trying to get to work.
(c) The boys are walking on a dangerous part of the bridge.
(d) The boys are well-known in town and people are honking to say "hi."

13. Enid dislikes "this body that she had to wash and powder and placate" (38). In this context, what does "placate" mean?
(a) Soothe.
(b) Massage.
(c) Examine.
(d) Manipulate.

14. What household task does Olive take care of for the Quinns?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Childcare.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Shopping.

15. What caused Jimmy's father's disability?
(a) A car crash.
(b) An accident at work.
(c) He was born with it.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys buy at Paquette's Service Station?

2. When the boys tell Captain Tervitt what they discovered, why does he not take them to make a police report?

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

4. What does Cece's mother say she can smell on him?

5. What technique is used in the sentence: "Ice daggers shooting up behind their eyes and jabbing the tops of their skulls from the inside" (5)?

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