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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 small present does Rupert bring for Enid?
(a) A new notebook.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) Flowers.
(d) An apple.

2. What detail does Enid notice about the front-room floor?
(a) There is a loose floorboard with an empty space underneath.
(b) It has recently had a new coat of paint.
(c) It is starting to rot through.
(d) It has not ever been properly polished.

3. What does Enid begin to have nightmares about?
(a) Work.
(b) Sex.
(c) Dying.
(d) School.

4. 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 is using some kind of drug to give her an artificial strength.
(d) Mrs. Quinn was faking a lot of her symptoms just to upset her husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Enid thinks about the happy lives of the nearby cows, what else does she think of?

2. What does Rupert spend some time looking for before he and Enid start for the river?

3. What does Enid make the girls for lunch on the day after their mother's confession?

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

5. What does Mrs. Quinn say about the radio show that calls people to offer the chance to answer a question in return for a prize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on the last night of the section titled "Heart Failure"?

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

3. Describe the immediate aftereffects that Mrs. Quinn's confession has on Enid.

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

5. Describe Enid's emotional reaction to her memories of the subjects she studied in school.

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

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

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

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