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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Heart Failure" Pages 31-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Enid give for her and her friends constant humiliation of Rupert when they were in school?
(a) They did it because they could.
(b) Rupert came from a family no one liked.
(c) They did it because they were insecure themselves.
(d) Rupert was a bully to younger boys.

2. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?
(a) Bud Salter and Ralph Diller.
(b) Jimmy Box and Bud Salter.
(c) Ralph Diller and Charlie Evans.
(d) Charlie Evans and Jimmy Box.

3. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?
(a) In a mechanical, jerking way.
(b) In a violent, angry way.
(c) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(d) In a gentle, calming way.

4. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?
(a) Killer.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Detective.
(d) Deadman.

5. Besides his cooking skills, what else does Cece not tell the other boys about?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His father's drinking.
(c) His hiding place.
(d) His mother's illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Tervitt's current job?

2. What strange thing does Cece's father do when he is in a violent mood?

3. How long has the doctor predicted Mrs. Quinn will live?

4. Why does Mrs. Quinn repeat things that Enid says to her?

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

(see the answer key)

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