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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid to get her daughters to stop doing?
(a) Slamming the door.
(b) Coming in to visit her.
(c) Laughing loudly in the house.
(d) Playing outdoors.

2. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?
(a) An elf's head.
(b) A mushroom.
(c) A shark's tooth.
(d) A full moon.

3. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?
(a) Tells them to stop standing in the street staring.
(b) Goes back in the house to get them some cookies.
(c) Offers them some forsythia to take home to their mothers.
(d) Asks them if they have seen her husband.

4. What does Enid do about Mrs. Quinn's "violent itching" (31)?
(a) Spreads medicated lotion on her skin.
(b) Wraps her hands so she cannot scratch.
(c) Gives her oatmeal baths.
(d) Presses ice packs against her skin.

5. What is the "Death Trap" (7)?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A ruined mill.
(c) A dam.
(d) A sinkhole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys realize as they near the police station?

2. What is Cece's mother wearing when he gets home?

3. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?

4. How long has Enid been a nurse by the time she has Mrs. Quinn as a patient?

5. In high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jutland.

2. What do the boys plan to do when they return to town with their news, and how does that plan change as soon as they actually return to town?

3. What does the scene when the boys are at the Willens house reveal about Mrs. Willens?

4. What happens when Cece's father is in a violent rage and one of his friends comes to the door?

5. Explain how the boys cross the bridge and why they do it this way.

6. What is Mrs. Quinn dying of, and how does Olive hint that she might have gotten ill?

7. What personal history does Enid have with Rupert, and how does it impact their present relationship?

8. How does Enid feel about Mrs. Quinn, and what is Mrs. Quinn's reaction to this?

9. What do the police ask Mrs. Willens about her husband, and how does she reply?

10. What personal details are given about Mrs. Quinn that are then called into question by Enid or Olive?

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