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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. While Rupert is searching through the bin in the woodshed, what does Enid imagine?
(a) What it would be like to be in charge of sorting through and organizing the house as its mistress.
(b) What her life might be like as Rupert's wife and Lois and Sylvie's mother.
(c) The life that Mrs. Quinn lived with Rupert before she became ill.
(d) Rupert coming up behind her and killing her while they walk to the river.

2. What is the first step in Enid's plan once she and Rupert reach the middle of the river?
(a) She will explain how to cover up the murder.
(b) She will tell him that she cannot swim.
(c) She will ask how deep the water is.
(d) She will accuse him of killing Mr. Willens.

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

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

5. What does Enid suddenly understand while she is standing in the front room?
(a) That people collaborate to keep some things silent in order to make the world easier to live in.
(b) That she has wasted much of her life on romantic dreams.
(c) That all people are guilty of making harmful choices, and that only God can judge them.
(d) That knowing Rupert's secret gives her great power over him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about the future that the story implies Enid is heading for?

2. On page 67, what is there an excerpt from?

3. On page 44, what does Enid's mother compare Enid to?

4. What does Enid begin to have nightmares about?

5. When the girls see what a good mood Enid is in, what do they ask her to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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