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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Enid feel "Restored to seriousness and respect" (47)?
(a) Working for Rupert so many years after high school.
(b) Getting good grades.
(c) When Rupert would initiate contact with her in class.
(d) Becoming a nurse.

2. When she is cleaning the Quinns' house in the middle of the night, what does Enid realize?
(a) The Quinns are much poorer than she realized.
(b) The children need to be given some chores.
(c) Rupert has actually not lived in the house for some time.
(d) Mrs. Quinn was a careless housekeeper.

3. What does Enid like to do to relax after work?
(a) Have a drink.
(b) Write in her notebook.
(c) Listen to the radio.
(d) Complete crossword puzzles.

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "Oh, Missus, would you like me to examine your eyes for you, just sit down here and just you relax and you just shut the one eye and keep the other one wide open" (62)?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Anadiplosis.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Antithesis.

5. Why did Enid never apologize to Rupert for teasing him in school?
(a) She does not think it was bad enough to require an apology.
(b) She thinks that Rupert enjoyed it.
(c) She was too ashamed to speak about it.
(d) She felt that it would only embarrass him.

6. What does Mrs. Quinn find on the front-room table?
(a) Smears of brown paint.
(b) Blood stains.
(c) The red box.
(d) Mr. Willens's business card.

7. At the end of "Mistake," what is meant by the final sentence, "What a laugh" (62)?
(a) This refers to the attitude of the townsfolk about the death of Mr. Willens.
(b) This refers to Rupert's failure to fully understand what was going on between his wife and Mr. Willens.
(c) This refers to the idea that the Quinns got away with murder.
(d) This refers to Mrs. Quinn's attitude toward reading about Mr. Willens's death.

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

9. What detail does Enid notice about the front-room floor?
(a) It has not ever been properly polished.
(b) It is starting to rot through.
(c) There is a loose floorboard with an empty space underneath.
(d) It has recently had a new coat of paint.

10. What technique is used in the phrase "those big willows with the wild grape hanging on to them like monkeys' shaggy arms" (63)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Synechdoche.

11. Why does the teacher bring Lois and Sylvie home from school?
(a) It looks like rain.
(b) They live too far to walk.
(c) The bus has broken down.
(d) School let out earlier than usual.

12. What happens when they carry Mr. Willens's body outside?
(a) They realize that blood is dropping onto the porch.
(b) The wind blows away the cloth around his head.
(c) They hear the voices of nearby neighbors.
(d) They almost drop his body coming down the porch steps.

13. When Enid returns to the Quinn house on the day of the funeral, what does she initially say is the purpose of her visit?
(a) To check on Lois and Sylvie.
(b) To see how Rupert is doing.
(c) To find the notebook she left behind.
(d) To ask him to take her out in the rowboat.

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

15. What is ironic about the future that the story implies Enid is heading for?
(a) She will end up breaking the promise that she made to her mother.
(b) She has secretly loved Rupert since she was a young girl.
(c) She has learned an important lesson about life through someone else's death.
(d) Her mother has always known her better than she knows herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of Mrs. Quinn's thoughts about Mr. Willens's kiss?

2. When Olive Green comments, on page 69, that "Someone's been busy," what is she referring to?

3. What does Sylvie claim that her sister has stolen?

4. Why does Mrs. Quinn say she missed Mr. Willens's funeral?

5. Who arrives at the Quinn house "before the undertaker did" (68)?

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