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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 Enid tell Rupert about her second notebook?
(a) It is the notebook she has been using to teach the girls proper handwriting.
(b) It is empty for now, but she will use it when she runs out of space in her first notebook.
(c) It is where she keeps herself organized with to-do lists and plans for the future.
(d) It is similar to the one that she keeps for the doctor, but it contains personal observations, as well.

2. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?
(a) Holding the baby.
(b) Mopping the floor.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Cooking.

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

4. 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) Colloquialism.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Innuendo.
(d) Antimetabole.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Mistake," what is meant by the final sentence, "What a laugh" (62)?

2. When Enid gets up in the middle of the night to work, she thinks that it is the best way to be "penitent" (52). What does this mean she is trying to do?

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

4. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

5. To what does Mrs. Quinn compare the foam coming from Mr. Willens's mouth?

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