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

2. What is implied about Miss Coulson when she looks at the flowers "with the eye of a botanist" (334)?
(a) She is logical and unemotional.
(b) She is curious.
(c) She is very intelligent.
(d) She is thinking of cutting them down.

3. Mrs. Widdup is described as "comely" (333). What does this mean is true about her?
(a) She is a hard worker.
(b) She is attractive.
(c) She is funny.
(d) She is clever.

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

5. Why does Mrs. Widdup go into Mr. Coulson's room in the afternoon on the second day of the story?
(a) She needs to tell him that everyone else has left the house.
(b) She wants him to finish what he was going to say on the day before.
(c) She hears him ring for help.
(d) She is concerned that he is all by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Coulson stands thinking at the window, to what insects does she mentally compare Mr. Coulson and Mrs. Widdup?

2. On the final morning of the story, what causes Mr. Coulson's mood to change?

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

4. Why does Mr. Coulson hesitate as he says, "In the spring...a y -- that is a man's -- fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" (333)?

5. What is clear in the first interaction between Mr. Coulson, Miss Coulson, and Mrs. Widdup?

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