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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Lies" Pages 62-78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 64, what does Enid imagine that the rowboat's motion is saying to her?
(a) "Help him. Help him."
(b) "Tell them. Tell them."
(c) "She lies. She lies."
(d) "You know. You know."

2. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
(a) In the morning.
(b) Never.
(c) As soon as they return to town.
(d) After dinner.

3. What does Mrs. Quinn say Rupert was "wasting the time" doing after the murder (58)?
(a) Trying to clean his hands with a dry cloth.
(b) Putting away Willens's instrments.
(c) Saying a prayer for Willens.
(d) Asking her questions about what he saw happening with Willens.

4. 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 a gentle, calming way.
(d) In an uncertain, unsteady way.

5. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?
(a) The boys are well-known in town and people are honking to say "hi."
(b) The boys are not supposed to be on that bridge at all.
(c) The boys are walking on a dangerous part of the bridge.
(d) The boys are in the way of people trying to get to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "then a spot of water would show through, quiet as water in a pot" (63)?

2. What animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?

3. When Enid thinks about the happy lives of the nearby cows, what else does she think of?

4. What sign does Rupert give after the murder that he is starting to realize the seriousness of the situation?

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

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