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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. Where did Rupert meet his wife?
(a) Northern Canada.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Montreal.

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

3. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?
(a) It is hard for them to understand how it can look exactly as usual when Mr. Willens is dead.
(b) It has only just occurred to them that Mr. Willens's death will be terrible for his wife.
(c) They have begun to suspect that Mrs. Willens has something to do with her husband's death.
(d) They are wondering if Mrs. Willens will be angry at them for waiting so long to go to the police.

4. What strange thing does Cece's father do when he is in a violent mood?
(a) Snarls like a dog.
(b) Takes his shoes and socks off.
(c) Throws the Bible on the floor.
(d) Hoots like a monkey.

5. What technique is used in the phrase "the mirror beside the kitchen door with the shelf underneath always loaded with safety pins, bobby pins, pennies, buttons, bits of pencils" (17)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Colloquialism.
(c) Innuendo.
(d) Antimetabole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be inferred from Enid's memories of girls at school who married and had children young?

2. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?

3. For Enid, what is different about Mrs. Quinn from all of her previous patients?

4. Who gave Lois and Sylvie their blocks, coloring books, and paper dolls?

5. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?

(see the answer key)

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