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

2. When Mr. Coulson complains about the cold, what is his servant's response?
(a) He offers to investigate the problem.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He shuts the windows.
(d) He calls for Mrs. Widdup.

3. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?
(a) Mrs. Widdup's husband is still alive.
(b) Mr. Coulson never had any romantic intentions toward Mrs. Widdup at all.
(c) Mrs. Widdup turns out to be wealthy, herself.
(d) Miss Coulson runs away with the iceman.

4. 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 reads a romance book.
(d) She goes shopping.

5. 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) Most people blush on purpose.
(b) Blushing happens when the diaphragm is contracted too forcefully.
(c) Mrs. Widdup may be faking her reaction to Mr. Coulson.
(d) In her excitement, Mrs. Widdup can barely breathe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?

3. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?

4. Why does Miss Coulson ask when Mrs. Widdup's vacation begins?

5. After the iceman tells Miss Coulson, "It'll be a pleasure to fix things up for you any way you please," the narrator comments "Alas for May" (334). What is implied by this comment?

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