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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 are the details about the iceman's sleeves and hat intended to convey?
(a) He has lower-class manners.
(b) He is trying to show respect for Miss Coulson.
(c) He is conceited and self-absorbed.
(d) He thinks that Miss Coulson may be in love with him.

2. Where does Miss Coulson meet the iceman on the next morning?
(a) In the vacant lot next door.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the park across from the house.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What is implied by the number of days for which Miss Coulson orders extra ice?
(a) She wants the deliveries to last until Mrs. Widdup leaves for vacation.
(b) She knows that after five days Mr. Coulson will be too irritated to talk to Mrs. Widdup at all.
(c) She thinks that she will need five days to get to know the iceman better.
(d) She thinks that the flowers will be done blooming in five days.

5. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Paronomasia.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Paraprosdokian.
(d) Synecdoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?

2. When Mr. Coulson continues quoting the poem and mentions "a livelier iris," what does Mrs. Widdup think he is talking about? (333)

3. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?

4. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?

5. Why does Miss Coulson ask when Mrs. Widdup's vacation begins?

(see the answer key)

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