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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. Mrs. Widdup is described as "comely" (333). What does this mean is true about her?
(a) She is a hard worker.
(b) She is clever.
(c) She is attractive.
(d) She is funny.
2. On the final morning of the story, what causes Mr. Coulson's mood to change?
(a) Mrs. Widdup has threatened to quit.
(b) He is in much less pain than usual.
(c) Miss Coulson has told him that he is behaving badly.
(d) It is warm again and the windows are open.
3. 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 very intelligent.
(c) She is thinking of cutting them down.
(d) She is curious.
4. Why does Miss Coulson ask when Mrs. Widdup's vacation begins?
(a) She will need to make arrangements for Mr. Coulson's care.
(b) She is wondering if Mr. Coulson will try to go away with Mrs. Widdup.
(c) She is eager to get Mrs. Widdup away from Mr. Coulson.
(d) She is hoping to get away from the house for a while, herself.
5. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?
(a) She tells him that his manservant has gone to the post office.
(b) She tells him that it is warm outside.
(c) She tells him that Miss Coulson has had a very large ice order delivered.
(d) She tells him that Miss Coulson is upstairs sleeping.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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)?
2. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?
3. Miss Coulson has a "lorgnette" (334). What is a lorgnette?
4. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
5. What claim is the narrator making by calling humans "lineal scions of the pansy" (332)?
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