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

2. With which motif is Miss Coulson most identified?
(a) May.
(b) Ice.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Flowers.

3. When "May holds up a chiding finger," (332), what is May's intention?
(a) To indicate a pause.
(b) To scold.
(c) To indicate the "first" of something.
(d) To indicate a direction.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?

3. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?

4. What is the first indication that Mrs. Widdup does not listen carefully?

5. Why does Mrs. Widdup go into Mr. Coulson's room in the afternoon on the second day of the story?

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