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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 high school, what was more important to Enid than having boyfriends?
(a) Her ambition.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Her girlfriends.
(d) Her clubs and activities.

2. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?
(a) Mrs. Willens.
(b) Mrs. Box.
(c) Enid's mother.
(d) Olive.

3. How long has the doctor predicted Mrs. Quinn will live?
(a) To the end of spring.
(b) To the end of fall.
(c) Until sometime in the upcoming summer.
(d) Until sometime in the upcoming winter.

4. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?
(a) The boys are well-known in town and people are honking to say "hi."
(b) The boys are not supposed to be on that bridge at all.
(c) The boys are walking on a dangerous part of the bridge.
(d) The boys are in the way of people trying to get to work.

5. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?
(a) The three boys began to doubt their memories once they were separated.
(b) All three boys are a little bit afraid of their parents.
(c) There is already too much going on in each of their houses.
(d) The boys enjoy knowing something that no one else knows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys think Jutland is named after?

2. Why does it bother Cece when his mother gives him money?

3. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

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

5. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the building that the introduction focuses on.

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

4. Why have the boys come to Jutland?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Cece not tell his parents what he and his friends found at the river?

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

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