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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?
(a) Cattle ranching.
(b) Gold mining.
(c) Muskrat trapping.
(d) Boat building.

2. What is Captain Tervitt's current job?
(a) Town clerk.
(b) Ship's captain.
(c) None--he is retired.
(d) Special constable.

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

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

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

6. What do the boys buy at Paquette's Service Station?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) Candy.

7. How does Mrs. Quinn seem after her husband's visits?
(a) Dissatisfied.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Comforted.
(d) Distraught.

8. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Vain.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Stubborn.

9. What does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid to get her daughters to stop doing?
(a) Laughing loudly in the house.
(b) Playing outdoors.
(c) Coming in to visit her.
(d) Slamming the door.

10. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?
(a) They can see the dead man's face.
(b) The dead man's wallet is in the weeds by the shore.
(c) They can see the license plate.
(d) It has a distinctive color and shape.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Mozart.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What household task does Olive take care of for the Quinns?

2. What is in the red box in the museum?

3. Why are Lois and Sylvie not staying with Olive?

4. What is Cece's mother wearing when he gets home?

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

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