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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 words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?
(a) Tense, anxious.
(b) Polite, optimistic.
(c) Chaotic, boisterous.
(d) Rigid, orderly.

2. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?
(a) Deadman.
(b) Detective.
(c) Killer.
(d) Fisherman.

3. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?
(a) A snowman.
(b) A snake.
(c) A broken mirror.
(d) A kaleidoscope.

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

5. How old was Enid when her father made her promise to drop out of nursing school?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where the story begins?

2. What animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?

3. Besides nursing, what other career does Enid consider when she is younger?

4. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?

5. For Enid, what is different about Mrs. Quinn from all of her previous patients?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why have the boys come to Jutland?

5. When the boys get close to the river, what do they see submerged there, and how do they react?

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

7. 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?

8. Describe Jutland.

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

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

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