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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail does Enid notice about the front-room floor?
(a) It has not ever been properly polished.
(b) There is a loose floorboard with an empty space underneath.
(c) It has recently had a new coat of paint.
(d) It is starting to rot through.

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

3. What does Mrs. Quinn realize when she gets the keys from Mr. Willens's pocket?
(a) His wife might know that he is at their house.
(b) His body is getting stiff.
(c) The neighbors might have already seen the car.
(d) His body is still warm.

4. What is Mrs. Quinn's first thought when she sees Rupert attack Mr. Willens?
(a) That she will be next.
(b) She has to reason with her husband.
(c) That she enjoys the violence.
(d) She has to call the police.

5. Where does Mrs. Quinn discover blood after she has finished cleaning her shoes and the floor?
(a) Her clothing.
(b) The rocking chair.
(c) The yard.
(d) The porch.

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

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

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

9. What does Enid suddenly understand while she is standing in the front room?
(a) That knowing Rupert's secret gives her great power over him.
(b) That all people are guilty of making harmful choices, and that only God can judge them.
(c) That she has wasted much of her life on romantic dreams.
(d) That people collaborate to keep some things silent in order to make the world easier to live in.

10. What small present does Rupert bring for Enid?
(a) An apple.
(b) A new notebook.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A newspaper.

11. Why does Enid not pray about her bad dreams?
(a) She wants to wait until she can pray in church.
(b) She finds the dreams too upsetting to think about.
(c) She does not believe in God.
(d) She thinks it would be an insult to God.

12. On the day of the funeral, what has Enid brought along to the Quinn house in her purse?
(a) A camera.
(b) A letter.
(c) A gun.
(d) A pack of cigarettes.

13. What is the souvenir cloth from?
(a) Rupert and Mrs. Quinn's honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
(b) Rupert's parents' visit to see a famous set of quintuplets.
(c) Mrs. Quinn's time working in a northern hotel.
(d) Olive and Clint's vacation to Toronto to see a famous tower.

14. What is the tone of Mrs. Quinn's thoughts about Mr. Willens's kiss?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Vengeful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 67, what is there an excerpt from?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "then a spot of water would show through, quiet as water in a pot" (63)?

3. When Enid returns to the Quinn house on the day of the funeral, what does she initially say is the purpose of her visit?

4. What is the common thread among the questions that Mrs. Quinn asks about Enid's mother?

5. What does Enid tell Rupert about her second notebook?

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