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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Marry Month of May".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?
(a) Parlor maid.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Cook.

2. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Keep this information secret.
(b) I disapprove of this.
(c) Listen carefully.
(d) Please, I am begging you.

3. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She reads a romance book.
(b) She takes a long nap.
(c) She goes shopping.
(d) She works in the garden.

4. What is the implication of the passage "She blushed. Oh, yes, it can be done. Just hold your breath and compress the diaphragm" (333)?
(a) Mrs. Widdup may be faking her reaction to Mr. Coulson.
(b) In her excitement, Mrs. Widdup can barely breathe.
(c) Most people blush on purpose.
(d) Blushing happens when the diaphragm is contracted too forcefully.

5. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?
(a) Treadwell.
(b) Higgins.
(c) Marley.
(d) Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?

2. How many years apart are Miss Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's ages?

3. How much ice does Miss Coulson order be delivered each day?

4. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?

5. What is implied about Miss Coulson when she looks at the flowers "with the eye of a botanist" (334)?

(see the answer key)

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