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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. In describing the boys on their way back to town, what does the narrator say they are like?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Adults.
(c) Stones.
(d) Animals.

2. When the boys tell Captain Tervitt what they discovered, why does he not take them to make a police report?
(a) He wants to notify Mrs. Willens first.
(b) He is deaf and cannot hear them.
(c) He does not believe them.
(d) He is the one who killed Mr. Willens.

3. Why does Mrs. Quinn repeat things that Enid says to her?
(a) She gets distracted and confused.
(b) Her hearing is fading.
(c) English is not her first language.
(d) To mock her.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Quinn say she thinks her husband goes after he visits her?

2. Why are Lois and Sylvie not staying with Olive?

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

4. What does Jimmy get embarrassed by as they walk downtown?

5. How old was Enid when her father made her promise to drop out of nursing school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What social situation at the police station discourages the boys from making their report?

2. How do the details offered about the boys' lives in town clarify what being out in Jutland means to them?

3. What warning does Enid's mother issue about her about her nursing plans, and why does her mother finally give up on trying to dissuade her?

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

5. What does the scene when Jimmy sees his mother at work reveal about Jimmy?

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

7. What attitude is Enid used to seeing in dying patients?

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

9. Why have the boys come to Jutland?

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

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