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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 phrase "those big willows with the wild grape hanging on to them like monkeys' shaggy arms" (63)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synechdoche.

2. When the girls see what a good mood Enid is in, what do they ask her to do?
(a) Take them to the movies.
(b) Let them play dress-up.
(c) Take them in the rowboat.
(d) Let them skip breakfast.

3. Why does Mrs. Quinn finally go back into the front room after the murder?
(a) To retrieve something for Sylvie.
(b) To make sure the paint has dried.
(c) To replace the cloth.
(d) To look for her glasses.

4. What does Enid realize that her patients and others might think about her?
(a) That she is a fool for trying so hard to be good and help others.
(b) That she has wasted her life because she has no children.
(c) That she is probably lonely and frustrated without a man.
(d) That she is only pretending to care about them to make herself look good.

5. What made Enid feel "Restored to seriousness and respect" (47)?
(a) Getting good grades.
(b) When Rupert would initiate contact with her in class.
(c) Becoming a nurse.
(d) Working for Rupert so many years after high school.

6. What does Enid remember telling her mother about that her mother later convinced her was just a dream?
(a) Falling out of a boat and nearly drowning.
(b) A sparrow coming into her room and perching on her mirror.
(c) Having a pet cat that disappeared.
(d) A woman sitting on her father's lap.

7. What does Enid ask Rupert that causes him to open the door of the front room?
(a) How well the new ceiling fan is working.
(b) Whether the quilts have been taken down from the windows.
(c) If that is where her missing notebook might be.
(d) Where Mrs. Quinn's funeral was held.

8. Why does the teacher bring Lois and Sylvie home from school?
(a) School let out earlier than usual.
(b) The bus has broken down.
(c) They live too far to walk.
(d) It looks like rain.

9. Why does Olive Green say that she is glad that Mrs. Quinn has died?
(a) The strain on her brother has been too much for him.
(b) She has always hated Jeanette Quinn and is glad to not have to deal with her anymore.
(c) It is a mercy that her sister-in-law is no longer in pain.
(d) She wants to get Lois and Sophie settled into her house before fall.

10. What happens when they carry Mr. Willens's body outside?
(a) They almost drop his body coming down the porch steps.
(b) They hear the voices of nearby neighbors.
(c) The wind blows away the cloth around his head.
(d) They realize that blood is dropping onto the porch.

11. What claim does Mrs. Quinn make about her role in what was happening with Mr. Willens?
(a) She claims that she accepted his advances because Mr. Quinn rejected her.
(b) She claims to have been helpless because she had to stay still.
(c) She claims that she did not understand Mr. Willens' intentions.
(d) She claims that she had already told Mr. Willens that his attentions were unwelcome.

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

13. At the end of "Mistake," what is meant by the final sentence, "What a laugh" (62)?
(a) This refers to Mrs. Quinn's attitude toward reading about Mr. Willens's death.
(b) This refers to Rupert's failure to fully understand what was going on between his wife and Mr. Willens.
(c) This refers to the attitude of the townsfolk about the death of Mr. Willens.
(d) This refers to the idea that the Quinns got away with murder.

14. What technique is used in the sentence, "Oh, Missus, would you like me to examine your eyes for you, just sit down here and just you relax and you just shut the one eye and keep the other one wide open" (62)?
(a) Anadiplosis.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Apostrophe.

15. Besides the smell of the burning cloth, what other smell does Mrs. Quinn blame for making her sick?
(a) The cleaning spray.
(b) The river.
(c) The paint.
(d) The blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Enid doing when Rupert comes into the house to find it lit by candlelight?

2. Where is the first place that Mrs. Quinn suggests hiding the car?

3. On the day of the funeral, what has Enid brought along to the Quinn house in her purse?

4. When Olive Green sends the girls outside to her husband's truck, what do the girls seem most focused on?

5. Where is Rupert going when he tells Enid he will be away for a couple of days?

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