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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Mistake" Pages 56-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Quinn find on the front-room table?
(a) Blood stains.
(b) The red box.
(c) Smears of brown paint.
(d) Mr. Willens's business card.

2. What is Cece's mother wearing when he gets home?
(a) A church hat.
(b) A red wig.
(c) A bathrobe.
(d) A raincoat.

3. Why did Enid never apologize to Rupert for teasing him in school?
(a) She was too ashamed to speak about it.
(b) She thinks that Rupert enjoyed it.
(c) She does not think it was bad enough to require an apology.
(d) She felt that it would only embarrass him.

4. What couple does Enid end up playing bridge with?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Willens.
(b) Captain and Mrs. Tervitt.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Quinn.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Box.

5. What does Enid's mother believe is true about Enid?
(a) She is often stubborn just for the sake of being stubborn.
(b) She is a flighty and mercurial person.
(c) She has a bit of a martyr complex.
(d) She is not smart enough to finish her nursing program.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

2. What reason does Enid give for her and her friends constant humiliation of Rupert when they were in school?

3. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?

4. Why does it bother Cece when his mother gives him money?

5. What does Enid recall a patient doing with a willow platter she asked Enid to retrieve for her?

(see the answer key)

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