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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. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?
(a) Lincoln Square.
(b) Carnegie Hill.
(c) Gramercy Park.
(d) Chelsea.
2. What is implied by the number of days for which Miss Coulson orders extra ice?
(a) She knows that after five days Mr. Coulson will be too irritated to talk to Mrs. Widdup at all.
(b) She thinks that she will need five days to get to know the iceman better.
(c) She thinks that the flowers will be done blooming in five days.
(d) She wants the deliveries to last until Mrs. Widdup leaves for vacation.
3. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?
(a) One that is poisonous to humans.
(b) One that is confused by its surroundings.
(c) One that is personified as feeling worried.
(d) One that is destined to be eaten in soup.
4. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
(a) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.
(b) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.
(c) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.
(d) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
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?
(a) Miss Coulson has deliberately given the iceman the wrong impression about her intentions.
(b) The iceman is flirting a little bit with Miss Coulson.
(c) The iceman is mocking Miss Coulson for making such a strange request.
(d) Miss Coulson would not have to scheme against Mr. Coulson if it were not for the season.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is clear in the first interaction between Mr. Coulson, Miss Coulson, and Mrs. Widdup?
2. There are "jonquils" near where Mr. Coulson is sitting. What are jonquils?
3. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?
4. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?
5. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?
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