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

2. How much ice does Miss Coulson order be delivered each day?
(a) 2,000 pounds.
(b) 250 pounds.
(c) 1,000 pounds.
(d) 500 pounds.

3. 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) Schoolgirls.
(b) Lower-class college-aged women.
(c) Young women training to become school teachers.
(d) Female college professors.

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

5. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?
(a) Mr. Coulson's uneaten breakfast.
(b) The musty smell of Mr. Coulson's room.
(c) The medicine on Mr. Coulson's skin.
(d) Mr. Coulson's strong cologne.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?

2. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?

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

4. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?

5. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?

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