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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Enid gets up in the middle of the night to work, she thinks that it is the best way to be "penitent" (52). What does this mean she is trying to do?
(a) Stay organized.
(b) Keep herself busy and distracted.
(c) Show she is sorry.
(d) Keep herself humble.

2. Why did Enid never apologize to Rupert for teasing him in school?
(a) She felt that it would only embarrass him.
(b) She thinks that Rupert enjoyed it.
(c) She does not think it was bad enough to require an apology.
(d) She was too ashamed to speak about it.

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

4. While Rupert is searching through the bin in the woodshed, what does Enid imagine?
(a) What it would be like to be in charge of sorting through and organizing the house as its mistress.
(b) What her life might be like as Rupert's wife and Lois and Sylvie's mother.
(c) The life that Mrs. Quinn lived with Rupert before she became ill.
(d) Rupert coming up behind her and killing her while they walk to the river.

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

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

7. 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) Apostrophe.
(b) Anadiplosis.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

10. Where does Enid usually sleep at the Quinns' house?
(a) On the couch in Mrs. Quinn's sickroom.
(b) In what used to be the Quinns' bedroom.
(c) In a cot in the children's room.
(d) In a cot in the kitchen.

11. What does Enid begin to have nightmares about?
(a) Sex.
(b) Work.
(c) Dying.
(d) School.

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

13. Where is Rupert going when he tells Enid he will be away for a couple of days?
(a) To buy next year's seed.
(b) To help his brother bring in his crops.
(c) To a stock auction.
(d) To visit his mother, who is also ill.

14. What makes the "Glug-glug" sound on page 59?
(a) It is the sound of Mr. Willens dying.
(b) It is the sound of Mrs. Quinn drinking her tea.
(c) It is the sound of a bird perched on the windowsill.
(d) It is the sound of Rupert swallowing a bitter laugh.

15. Why does Mrs. Quinn say she missed Mr. Willens's funeral?
(a) She was in labor with one of her daughters.
(b) She hates funerals.
(c) She could not get a ride.
(d) She was out of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid decide not to write in her notes about Mrs. Quinn's death?

2. In Enid's imagination, what will happen if Rupert agrees to confess?

3. Once she asks Rupert about his wife's accusation, what does Enid expect his attitude toward her to be?

4. What does Enid ask Rupert that causes him to open the door of the front room?

5. What is Mr. Willens ostensibly doing when Rupert sneaks back into the house?

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