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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) Metaphor.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synechdoche.

2. When Enid returns to the Quinn house, why is Rupert not out in the barn?
(a) Friends have helped him finish his chores already.
(b) There is not much work left at this time of year.
(c) He is too sad to finish his work.
(d) He is too drunk to work safely.

3. What is the common thread among the questions that Mrs. Quinn asks about Enid's mother?
(a) They have to do with Enid's mother's ethnic and religious background.
(b) They have to do with how wealthy Enid's mother is.
(c) They have to do with Mrs. Quinn's suspicions about her husband's infidelity.
(d) They have to do with Enid's mother's relationship with Mr. Willens.

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

5. What does Enid ask the girls when they are all sitting outside in the sun together?
(a) Whether their mother ever told them about a bad thing that their father did.
(b) Whether they want to continue living with their father after their mother dies.
(c) Whether people who have done very bad things should be punished.
(d) Whether they have ever seen a fancy red box with tools in it hidden somewhere in their house.

6. What is Rupert supposed to be doing on the day that the murder occurs?
(a) Cutting wood.
(b) Running errands in town.
(c) Buying cattle.
(d) Plowing a field.

7. What does Rupert spend some time looking for before he and Enid start for the river?
(a) Boots.
(b) Cushions.
(c) The rowboat's oars.
(d) A hatchet.

8. 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) It looks like rain.
(d) School let out earlier than usual.

9. Who arrives at the Quinn house "before the undertaker did" (68)?
(a) Rupert Quinn.
(b) Mrs. Willens.
(c) Enid's mother.
(d) Olive Green.

10. Why does Enid not call the doctor for Mrs. Quinn when she suspects that the woman is about to die?
(a) The doctor is out of town.
(b) He is already scheduled to visit that day.
(c) She wants Mrs. Quinn to die.
(d) Rupert has asked her not to.

11. What is Mr. Willens ostensibly doing when Rupert sneaks back into the house?
(a) Putting away his instruments.
(b) Kissing Mrs. Quinn.
(c) Examining Mrs. Quinn's eys.
(d) Buttoning his pants.

12. Why does Rupert think of taking Mr. Willens to Jutland?
(a) It will give people the impression that he was headed out of town.
(b) It is remote enough to delay the discovery of the body.
(c) It is a common place for people to have accidents.
(d) It will look like he got turned around in the dark and accidentally drove into the water.

13. What unnerving sound does Enid hear from the sickroom when Rupert is there saying goodbye to his wife before he leaves town?
(a) Rupert crying.
(b) Rupert cursing at his wife.
(c) Mrs. Quinn coughing.
(d) Mrs. Quinn laughing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Quinn find on the front-room table?

2. What is different about the way that Enid lets the girls play on the last day of their mother's life?

3. What does Rupert buy for the sickroom to make his wife more comfortable?

4. Why does Mrs. Quinn finally go back into the front room after the murder?

5. What is the souvenir cloth from?

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