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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) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.
(d) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.

2. 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 thinks that she will need five days to get to know the iceman better.
(c) She knows that after five days Mr. Coulson will be too irritated to talk to Mrs. Widdup at all.
(d) She thinks that the flowers will be done blooming in five days.

3. Who is the author of "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Willa Cather.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Henry James.
(d) O. Henry.

4. How old is Mrs. Widdup?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 49.
(d) 35.

5. What does Miss Coulson's believe about love?
(a) That it is overpowering.
(b) That it is humiliating.
(c) That it is a pretense.
(d) That it is inconvenient.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the allusion to the "virgin of Cologne" (334)?

2. 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?

3. What are the details about the iceman's sleeves and hat intended to convey?

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

5. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?

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