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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 are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?
(a) Window shutters.
(b) Curtains hung in the doorway.
(c) Hanging lamps.
(d) Wall hangings.

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

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

4. What is the implication of the passage "She blushed. Oh, yes, it can be done. Just hold your breath and compress the diaphragm" (333)?
(a) In her excitement, Mrs. Widdup can barely breathe.
(b) Blushing happens when the diaphragm is contracted too forcefully.
(c) Mrs. Widdup may be faking her reaction to Mr. Coulson.
(d) Most people blush on purpose.

5. What physical gesture of affection does Mr. Coulson make toward Mrs. Widdup?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He strokes her hair.
(c) He touches her arm.
(d) He holds her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What claim is the narrator making by calling humans "lineal scions of the pansy" (332)?

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

3. What does Miss Coulson's believe about love?

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

5. What is implied by the number of days for which Miss Coulson orders extra ice?

(see the answer key)

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