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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 Mr. Willens ostensibly doing when Rupert sneaks back into the house?
(a) Buttoning his pants.
(b) Kissing Mrs. Quinn.
(c) Putting away his instruments.
(d) Examining Mrs. Quinn's eys.

2. What crop is Rupert trying to harvest and store in June?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Barley.
(c) Corn.
(d) Hay.

3. In Enid's imagination, what will happen if Rupert agrees to confess?
(a) People in town will think that she is a hero.
(b) Mrs. Willens will be shocked and upset, but eventually she will be grateful.
(c) Her mother will finally be impressed by something she has accomplished.
(d) She will help Rupert and stand by his side.

4. What claim does Mrs. Quinn make about her role in what was happening with Mr. Willens?
(a) She claims that she did not understand Mr. Willens' intentions.
(b) She claims that she accepted his advances because Mr. Quinn rejected her.
(c) She claims that she had already told Mr. Willens that his attentions were unwelcome.
(d) She claims to have been helpless because she had to stay still.

5. What is the souvenir cloth from?
(a) Mrs. Quinn's time working in a northern hotel.
(b) Olive and Clint's vacation to Toronto to see a famous tower.
(c) Rupert's parents' visit to see a famous set of quintuplets.
(d) Rupert and Mrs. Quinn's honeymoon at Niagara Falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied in the sentence, "The next day Mrs. Quinn's strength came flooding back, in that unnatural and deceptive way that Enid had seen once or twice in others" (56)?

2. What does Enid ask Rupert that causes him to open the door of the front room?

3. What does Rupert buy for the sickroom to make his wife more comfortable?

4. What is Mrs. Quinn's first thought when she sees Rupert attack Mr. Willens?

5. Once she asks Rupert about his wife's accusation, what does Enid expect his attitude toward her to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Enid care for Mrs. Quinn on the last day of the woman's life, and how is this different from the way she usually treats dying patients?

2. How does Enid and Rupert's relationship change over the course of the summer?

3. In the days following Mrs. Quinn's death, what behavior does Enid's mother notice, and what is her theory about Enid's distress?

4. How has Enid's job changed because of World War II?

5. What is Rupert's reaction to what he sees happening between his wife and Mr. Willens?

6. When Mrs. Quinn gets agitated on the day she listens to the radio show, what does she question Enid about?

7. Why is Olive Green so eager for Enid to leave the house after Mrs. Quinn's death?

8. How does Enid get a reputation as a "saint," and what role does her mother play in this process (44)?

9. What noise does Mrs. Quinn hear when she is cleaning up after the murder, and what does it turn out to be?

10. What is so troubling to Enid about the dreams she begins having in the summer?

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