1. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?
(a) The understatement of the danger.
(b) The surprise ending to a well-known phrase.
(c) The idea that "mildness" could be "ethereal."
(d) The contradiction in the terms "attack" and "ethereal mildness."

2. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?
(a) Cares if he lives or dies.
(b) Listens to him when he speaks.
(c) Attempts to entertain him.
(d) Responds when he rings for a servant.

3. 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 thinks that the flowers will be done blooming in five days.
(d) She knows that after five days Mr. Coulson will be too irritated to talk to Mrs. Widdup at all.

4. When the narrator lists the kinds of inappropriate relationships that May encourages, one of the items in the list is "old chaps" who dress up and "parade in front of the Normal School" (332). Who are these old men trying to impress with their fancy clothing?
(a) Lower-class college-aged women.
(b) Young women training to become school teachers.
(c) Female college professors.
(d) Schoolgirls.

5. What claim is the narrator making by calling humans "lineal scions of the pansy" (332)?
(a) Plants and animals are just as valuable as humans.
(b) Pansies are more like humans than most people realize.
(c) Humans are the servants of nature.
(d) Humans and flowers are related through evolution.