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

2. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Alice Munroe.
(d) Eudora Welty.

3. Enid dislikes "this body that she had to wash and powder and placate" (38). In this context, what does "placate" mean?
(a) Soothe.
(b) Examine.
(c) Massage.
(d) Manipulate.

4. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?
(a) Jimmy's.
(b) Cece's.
(c) Bud's.
(d) Mrs. Willens's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?

2. How long has the doctor predicted Mrs. Quinn will live?

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

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

5. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Jimmy Box's house so crowded?

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

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

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. Describe the Quinns' relationship with their daughters.

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

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

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

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