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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 does Miss Coulson's believe about love?
(a) That it is inconvenient.
(b) That it is overpowering.
(c) That it is humiliating.
(d) That it is a pretense.

2. What illness does Mr. Coulson suffer from?
(a) Gout.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Rheumatism.

3. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?
(a) He is angry at Miss Coulson's meddling.
(b) He is nervous about speaking to Mrs. Widdup.
(c) He is upset because of the cold.
(d) He is frustrated that he has not yet been able to confess his feelings to Mrs. Widdup.

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

5. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
(a) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.
(b) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
(c) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.
(d) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When "May holds up a chiding finger," (332), what is May's intention?

3. What are the details about the iceman's sleeves and hat intended to convey?

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

5. Whom does the narrator refer to as "the venerable and scarcely suspecting victim of May" (334)?

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