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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Enid decide not to write in her notes about Mrs. Quinn's death?
(a) Her last words.
(b) The true cause of death.
(c) The true time of death.
(d) The position of her body.

3. Where is the first place that Mrs. Quinn suggests hiding the car?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In a parking lot.
(c) In the river.
(d) In the barn.

4. What does the doctor have to say about Enid feeding Mrs. Quinn eggnogs?
(a) It is dragging out her death.
(b) Raw eggs might kill the woman.
(c) It is a brilliant idea.
(d) She needs more nutritious food.

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

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

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

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

9. When Mrs. Quinn stares at Enid as if she wants to talk, what does Enid ask her?
(a) Whether she is uncomfortable or hungry.
(b) Whether she wants to see a priest or minister.
(c) Why she refuses to speak to her daughters.
(d) Why she has been such a terrible wife to Rupert.

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

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

12. What does Mrs. Quinn find on the front-room table?
(a) Smears of brown paint.
(b) The red box.
(c) Mr. Willens's business card.
(d) Blood stains.

13. Once she asks Rupert about his wife's accusation, what does Enid expect his attitude toward her to be?
(a) Relief.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Suspicion.

14. What question does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid about the Willenses?
(a) Whether Mrs. Willens minded having her husband's clients at the house.
(b) How much money Enid thinks they had.
(c) Whether they got along with one another.
(d) Whether Mrs, Willens was suspicious of all the time Mr. Willens spent away from home.

15. Why is the house lit by candlelight when Rupert comes in one night?
(a) Enid has turned off the lights to let the children sleep downstairs.
(b) The electricity has been shut off for nonpayment.
(c) Enid is trying to create a romantic atmosphere.
(d) The electricity has gone out in a storm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Quinn do with the souvenir cloth?

3. What is the tone of Rupert's question "Where are we going to bury his car?" (58)?

4. At the end of "Mistake," what is meant by the final sentence, "What a laugh" (62)?

5. When Enid says that her mother will arrive shortly to pick her up, what is Olive's page 69 reply?

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