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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 animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Birds.
(d) Squirrels.

2. What do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?
(a) That they swam when there was still some snow on the ground.
(b) That they found a dead body.
(c) That they went swimming above the dam instead of below it.
(d) That they swam farther out into the river than any of the other boys have before.

3. What is the Willens house known for?
(a) Its size.
(b) Its bright color.
(c) Its unusual roof.
(d) Its flowers.

4. What do the men in town call the boys when they are in a good mood and want to seem friendly?
(a) Young fellows.
(b) Boys.
(c) Lads.
(d) Sirs.

5. What relation is Olive to Mrs. Quinn?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her sister-in-law.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her daugher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid do about Mrs. Quinn's "violent itching" (31)?

2. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?

3. What does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid to get her daughters to stop doing?

4. What does Enid always bring with her when she nurses a female patient?

5. What is the "Death Trap" (7)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Quinns' relationship with their daughters.

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

3. Describe the inside of Bud Salter's house.

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

5. What causes the argument between Bud and his sister Doris just before dinner?

6. What does Enid see as the difference between the appearance and the reality of Olive and Rupert?

7. Explain how the optometrist's instruments illustrate something about surface appearances.

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

9. In a time and place where people with disabilities are often mocked, why does no one mock Mr. Box?

10. What details does the narrator offer about the boys' walk to the river that characterize the boys as youthful?

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