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

2. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
(a) Warm breezes.
(b) May.
(c) Hyacinths.
(d) Sparrows.

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

4. According to the narrator, what does May want humans to remember?
(a) That they are not immortal.
(b) That they should be grateful for the coming summer.
(c) That they should be kind to one another.
(d) That they are also animals.

5. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Please, I am begging you.
(b) Keep this information secret.
(c) I disapprove of this.
(d) Listen carefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Coulson continues quoting the poem and mentions "a livelier iris," what does Mrs. Widdup think he is talking about? (333)

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

3. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?

4. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?

5. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?

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