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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 does Enid decide not to write in her notes about Mrs. Quinn's death?
(a) The true cause of death.
(b) Her last words.
(c) The position of her body.
(d) The true time of death.

2. Why does Enid not pray about her bad dreams?
(a) She wants to wait until she can pray in church.
(b) She thinks it would be an insult to God.
(c) She does not believe in God.
(d) She finds the dreams too upsetting to think about.

3. 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) Synechdoche.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Metaphor.

4. As she becomes more ill, Mrs. Quinn becomes "capricious" about her food (49). What does this mean she does?
(a) Expects everything to be cooked to a very high standard.
(b) Picks at her food and eats almost nothing.
(c) Changes her mind for very little reason.
(d) Refuses to eat because the thinks the food is poisoned or tainted.

5. When Olive Green comments, on page 69, that "Someone's been busy," what is she referring to?
(a) Mrs. Quinn's telling stories about her brother.
(b) Enid's growing relationship with Rupert Quinn.
(c) Enid's cleaning and organizing of the Quinn home.
(d) The new manners and hygiene habits Enid has taught the girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail does Enid notice about the front-room floor?

2. What is one of the things that Enid teaches Sylvie and Lois?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Mrs. Quinn realize when she gets the keys from Mr. Willens's pocket?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implied by the way Rupert enters the house on the day that Mr. Willens dies?

2. How does Enid care for Mrs. Quinn on the last day of the woman's life, and how is this different from the way she usually treats dying patients?

3. What detail about the Quinn home that Enid noticed in the previous section of the story is explained in this section of the story?

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

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

6. When Enid asks Rupert about crossword clues, what dynamic from their younger lives is she recreating, and what is its likely emotional impact on her?

7. Describe the immediate aftereffects that Mrs. Quinn's confession has on Enid.

8. What is so troubling to Enid about the dreams she begins having in the summer?

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

10. What does Rupert find on the front seat of Mr. Willens's car, and what does Mrs. Quinn think about it?

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