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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 clubs and activities.
(d) Her girlfriends.

2. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?
(a) In a mechanical, jerking way.
(b) In a gentle, calming way.
(c) In a violent, angry way.
(d) In an uncertain, unsteady way.

3. What do the boys think Jutland is named after?
(a) The town founder's birthplace.
(b) The ruins of a dam across the river.
(c) The peninsular shape of the land.
(d) A famous WWI battle.

4. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
(a) After dinner.
(b) Never.
(c) In the morning.
(d) As soon as they return to town.

5. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) A mermaid's hair.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) An animal tail.
(d) A dead fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Jimmy's father's disability?

2. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?

3. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?

4. What change at home is implied to be the reason that Bud finally tells his mother what happened?

5. How does Mrs. Quinn seem after her husband's visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Once Enid drops out of nursing school, how does she fill her time?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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