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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
(a) May.
(b) Warm breezes.
(c) Hyacinths.
(d) Sparrows.
2. How old is Mrs. Widdup?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 49.
(d) 35.
3. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?
(a) Cook.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Parlor maid.
4. When the author compares May to Circe and explains the comparison at length, what literary technique is he using?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Anaphora.
5. What does Mr. Coulson call Mrs. Widdup when she starts talking about "ivy and hand-organs" (335)?
(a) A romantic.
(b) "My dear."
(c) Insane.
(d) A fool.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mr. Coulson hesitate as he says, "In the spring...a y -- that is a man's -- fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" (333)?
2. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?
3. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?
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 many years apart are Miss Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's ages?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the thematic significance of the olfactory image of the city in springtime?
2. In the passage where Miss Coulson stares out the window, the reader is told "The chirp of the sparrows gave her a pain. She mocked at May" (334). To what earlier passage is this a reference, and what is the significance of the reference?
3. When Miss Coulson says that the supposedly chilly weather is "An instance...of winter lingering in the lap of spring," what double meaning does she have in mind? (335).
4. When Mr. Coulson finally confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup, what drawback to himself does he acknowledge, and what advantage does he say balances this drawback out?
5. What happens overnight that changes Mrs. Widdup and Mr. Coulson's fate?
6. How do words like "yaller" and "lawsy" in Mrs. Widdup's dialogue characterize her?
7. How does O. Henry use verbal misunderstandings to characterize Mrs. Widdup when she first appears in Mr. Coulson's room?
8. Explain the titular allusion and the allusion to "the poet" in the first sentence of the story.
9. Explain the significance of the diction "foxy" to describe Mrs. Widdup (333).
10. Explain the technique at work in the sentences "Sparrows wrangled happily everywhere outdoors. Never trust May" (333).
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