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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. Whom does the narrator refer to as "the venerable and scarcely suspecting victim of May" (334)?
(a) Miss Coulson.
(b) The iceman.
(c) Mr. Coulson.
(d) Mrs. Widdup.

2. What does the narrator call the "most potent weapons of insidious May" (334)?
(a) Birds.
(b) Sunny days.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Warm breezes.

3. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?
(a) She tells him that Miss Coulson has had a very large ice order delivered.
(b) She tells him that Miss Coulson is upstairs sleeping.
(c) She tells him that it is warm outside.
(d) She tells him that his manservant has gone to the post office.

4. How old is Mrs. Widdup?
(a) 35.
(b) 49.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

5. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?
(a) One that is confused by its surroundings.
(b) One that is poisonous to humans.
(c) One that is destined to be eaten in soup.
(d) One that is personified as feeling worried.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?

2. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?

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

4. When the narrator lists the kinds of inappropriate relationships that May encourages, one of the items in the list is "old chaps" who dress up and "parade in front of the Normal School" (332). Who are these old men trying to impress with their fancy clothing?

5. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?

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