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

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

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

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

6. 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) Antithesis.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Polysyndeton.

7. What is Enid's response to the doctor's description of the next case he would like her to take?
(a) She will start immediately.
(b) She will have to let him know after she talks to Rupert about something.
(c) She will not take the case if the patient is likely to die.
(d) She might take some time off, instead.

8. To what does Mrs. Quinn compare the foam coming from Mr. Willens's mouth?
(a) The foam peroxide makes around a cut.
(b) The foam on the river in springtime.
(c) The foam on boiling strawberries.
(d) The foam around a rabid dog's mouth.

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

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

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

12. 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) Show she is sorry.
(c) Keep herself humble.
(d) Keep herself busy and distracted.

13. Instead of going in to Mrs. Quinn right away on the morning after Mrs. Quinn's confession, where does Enid go?
(a) To the Town Hall in Walley.
(b) To search the barn.
(c) To see her mother.
(d) Down to the river.

14. In Enid's imagination, what will happen if Rupert agrees to confess?
(a) Mrs. Willens will be shocked and upset, but eventually she will be grateful.
(b) She will help Rupert and stand by his side.
(c) Her mother will finally be impressed by something she has accomplished.
(d) People in town will think that she is a hero.

15. What is ironic about the future that the story implies Enid is heading for?
(a) Her mother has always known her better than she knows herself.
(b) She has learned an important lesson about life through someone else's death.
(c) She will end up breaking the promise that she made to her mother.
(d) She has secretly loved Rupert since she was a young girl.