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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. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
(a) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.
(b) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
(c) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.
(d) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.

2. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
(a) Hyacinths.
(b) Warm breezes.
(c) May.
(d) Sparrows.

3. What illness does Mr. Coulson suffer from?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Gout.
(d) Lupus.

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

5. Why does Mr. Coulson tell his servant to "bring an axe" (335)?
(a) He wants to cut down the flowers.
(b) He wants to break up the ice.
(c) He is threatening to kill the servant.
(d) He is joking about killing himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the iceman tells Miss Coulson, "It'll be a pleasure to fix things up for you any way you please," the narrator comments "Alas for May" (334). What is implied by this comment?

2. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?

3. There are "jonquils" near where Mr. Coulson is sitting. What are jonquils?

4. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?

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

(see the answer key)

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