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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Heart Failure" Pages 44-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enid always bring with her when she nurses a female patient?
(a) Blue ribbons.
(b) Curlers.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) A hairbrush.

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

3. What do the boys buy at Paquette's Service Station?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Candy.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Hot dogs.

4. Where is Rupert going when he tells Enid he will be away for a couple of days?
(a) To buy next year's seed.
(b) To visit his mother, who is also ill.
(c) To a stock auction.
(d) To help his brother bring in his crops.

5. What does Jimmy get embarrassed by as they walk downtown?
(a) The attention he gets from older girls.
(b) His ill-fitting and worn clothing.
(c) Hearing people whispering about his father.
(d) His mother working in a shop window.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?

3. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?

4. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?

5. What small present does Rupert bring for Enid?

(see the answer key)

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