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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 does Enid ask Rupert that causes him to open the door of the front room?
(a) If that is where her missing notebook might be.
(b) Where Mrs. Quinn's funeral was held.
(c) How well the new ceiling fan is working.
(d) Whether the quilts have been taken down from the windows.

2. What technique is used in the sentence, "Oh, Missus, would you like me to examine your eyes for you, just sit down here and just you relax and you just shut the one eye and keep the other one wide open" (62)?
(a) Polysyndeton.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Anadiplosis.
(d) Antithesis.

3. 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)?
(a) Mrs. Quinn is only pretending to feel better because she has something important to say.
(b) Mrs. Quinn is rallying right before she is about to die.
(c) Mrs. Quinn was faking a lot of her symptoms just to upset her husband.
(d) Mrs. Quinn is using some kind of drug to give her an artificial strength.

4. 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 ask how deep the water is.
(c) She will tell him that she cannot swim.
(d) She will accuse him of killing Mr. Willens.

5. When Enid returns to the Quinn house on the day of the funeral, what does she initially say is the purpose of her visit?
(a) To ask him to take her out in the rowboat.
(b) To check on Lois and Sylvie.
(c) To see how Rupert is doing.
(d) To find the notebook she left behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unnerving sound does Enid hear from the sickroom when Rupert is there saying goodbye to his wife before he leaves town?

2. What does Enid begin to have nightmares about?

3. When she is cleaning the Quinns' house in the middle of the night, what does Enid realize?

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

5. On the day of the funeral, what has Enid brought along to the Quinn house in her purse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What detail about the Quinn home that Enid noticed in the previous section of the story is explained in this section of the story?

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

3. Why does Enid not stay with families through the funerals for their loved ones who have died in her care?

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

5. When Enid asks Rupert about crossword clues, what dynamic from their younger lives is she recreating, and what is its likely emotional impact on her?

6. What is implied by the way Rupert enters the house on the day that Mr. Willens dies?

7. Why has Enid dressed up for her encounter with Rupert after the funeral?

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

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

10. What does Enid suddenly realize as she stands in the front room after the funeral, and how does it change her plans?

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