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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 find the notebook she left behind.
(c) To see how Rupert is doing.
(d) To ask him to take her out in the rowboat.

3. What is the souvenir cloth from?
(a) Olive and Clint's vacation to Toronto to see a famous tower.
(b) Mrs. Quinn's time working in a northern hotel.
(c) Rupert's parents' visit to see a famous set of quintuplets.
(d) Rupert and Mrs. Quinn's honeymoon at Niagara Falls.

4. Why does Mrs. Quinn say she missed Mr. Willens's funeral?
(a) She could not get a ride.
(b) She was in labor with one of her daughters.
(c) She was out of town.
(d) She hates funerals.

5. What does Enid remember telling her mother about that her mother later convinced her was just a dream?
(a) A woman sitting on her father's lap.
(b) Falling out of a boat and nearly drowning.
(c) A sparrow coming into her room and perching on her mirror.
(d) Having a pet cat that disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first step in Enid's plan once she and Rupert reach the middle of the river?

3. What does Enid ask Rupert that causes him to open the door of the front room?

4. Where does Mrs. Quinn discover blood after she has finished cleaning her shoes and the floor?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Enid's emotional reaction to her memories of the subjects she studied in school.

2. What is Rupert's reaction to what he sees happening between his wife and Mr. Willens?

3. When Mrs. Quinn gets agitated on the day she listens to the radio show, what does she question Enid about?

4. In the days following Mrs. Quinn's death, what behavior does Enid's mother notice, and what is her theory about Enid's distress?

5. How has Enid's job changed because of World War II?

6. What does Enid do for the children on the day following their mother's confession, and why?

7. Why has Enid dressed up for her encounter with Rupert after the funeral?

8. Why does Enid not stay with families through the funerals for their loved ones who have died in her care?

9. Why is Olive Green so eager for Enid to leave the house after Mrs. Quinn's death?

10. Describe the first moments of the encounter between Enid and Rupert when she returns to the Quinn house after the funeral.

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