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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 unusual about the weather during the summer Enid is caring for Mrs. Quinn?
(a) It is very hot and wet.
(b) It is very hot and dry.
(c) It is cold and wet.
(d) It is cold and dry.

2. What is one of the things that Enid teaches Sylvie and Lois?
(a) To stop slamming doors.
(b) To write their names.
(c) To brush their teeth.
(d) To tie their shoes.

3. What is the tone of Rupert's question "Where are we going to bury his car?" (58)?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Despairing.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Inquisitive.

4. What does the doctor have to say about Enid feeding Mrs. Quinn eggnogs?
(a) She needs more nutritious food.
(b) It is dragging out her death.
(c) Raw eggs might kill the woman.
(d) It is a brilliant idea.

5. When Enid thinks about the happy lives of the nearby cows, what else does she think of?
(a) The slaughterhouse.
(b) Rupert tending the cows.
(c) How much Mrs. Quinn hates the noise they make.
(d) Whether she might learn to make cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Mrs. Quinn ask Enid about the Willenses?

2. Why does Mrs. Quinn finally go back into the front room after the murder?

3. What technique is used in the phrase "those big willows with the wild grape hanging on to them like monkeys' shaggy arms" (63)?

4. When Enid gets up in the middle of the night to work, she thinks that it is the best way to be "penitent" (52). What does this mean she is trying to do?

5. Where does Enid usually sleep at the Quinns' house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Quinn do once the murder is over?

5. When Rupert comes into the house, what does he see happening between his wife and Mr. Willens?

6. What is Enid's plan for her encounter with Rupert after the funeral?

7. How do her nightmares impact Enid's work?

8. What connection between her illness and the murder does Mrs. Quinn see?

9. What does Enid do for the children on the day following their mother's confession, and why?

10. What does Mrs. Quinn do while the murder is happening?

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