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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Fragment for effect.
(d) Simile.

2. What is the name of the town where the story begins?
(a) Walley.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Tobermory.
(d) Yarmouth.

3. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?
(a) Olive.
(b) Mrs. Willens.
(c) Mrs. Box.
(d) Enid's mother.

4. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Deadman.
(c) Killer.
(d) Detective.

5. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?
(a) Mopping the floor.
(b) Holding the baby.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Cooking.

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

7. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?
(a) There is a county fair happening.
(b) One of the mills is hiring and people have come from all over looking for work.
(c) The country people are in town because it is Saturday.
(d) It is Canada Day weekend.

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

9. Besides his cooking skills, what else does Cece not tell the other boys about?
(a) His hiding place.
(b) His father's drinking.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His mother's illness.

10. 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.

11. What is the "Death Trap" (7)?
(a) A ruined mill.
(b) A dam.
(c) A sinkhole.
(d) A bridge.

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

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

14. Besides nursing, what other career does Enid consider when she is younger?
(a) Being an architect.
(b) Being a doctor.
(c) Being a teacher.
(d) Being a missionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What first causes the boys to notice the submerged car?

2. In high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?

3. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?

4. When Enid makes up her mind about nursing school, what question does her mother ask her, on page 40?

5. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?

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