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

2. 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 people with evil intentions.
(c) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
(d) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.

3. 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 would not have to scheme against Mr. Coulson if it were not for the season.
(b) Miss Coulson has deliberately given the iceman the wrong impression about her intentions.
(c) The iceman is mocking Miss Coulson for making such a strange request.
(d) The iceman is flirting a little bit with Miss Coulson.

4. Why does Mr. Coulson tell his servant to "bring an axe" (335)?
(a) He wants to cut down the flowers.
(b) He is threatening to kill the servant.
(c) He is joking about killing himself.
(d) He wants to break up the ice.

5. How does the narrator suggest the reader should respond to the poet who praises the month of May?
(a) With a punch in the eye.
(b) With more accurate scientific information.
(c) With laughter.
(d) With a poem that condemns May.