1. What kind of a person does Enid's mother make her promise not to marry?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An insurance agent.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A mill worker.

2. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) An animal tail.
(b) A mermaid's hair.
(c) A dead fish.
(d) Seaweed.

3. What implication of her mother's is Enid shocked by in their hospital discussion about whether she should make the promise to her father?
(a) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, as he will be dead soon.
(b) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, as Enid never keeps her promises.
(c) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, because he does not really care about Enid.
(d) Her mother implies that it does not matter what she tells her father, because he is no one to be bothered about disappointing.

4. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?
(a) Goes back in the house to get them some cookies.
(b) Tells them to stop standing in the street staring.
(c) Offers them some forsythia to take home to their mothers.
(d) Asks them if they have seen her husband.

5. What do the attentions of the creamery manager at the Town Hall dance tell the reader about Enid?
(a) She is unlikely to find a man her own age in Walley who is interested in her.
(b) She is a popular and attractive woman, but she has little interest in men.
(c) She is widely considered to be disagreeable and unattractive.
(d) She is still too focused on her career to spend much time thinking about boyfriends.