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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Marry Month of May".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Mr. Coulson suffer from?
(a) Anemia.
(b) Rheumatism.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Gout.

2. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She reads a romance book.
(b) She works in the garden.
(c) She goes shopping.
(d) She takes a long nap.

3. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?
(a) Foster.
(b) Treadwell.
(c) Higgins.
(d) Marley.

4. What does Miss Coulson's believe about love?
(a) That it is humiliating.
(b) That it is inconvenient.
(c) That it is a pretense.
(d) That it is overpowering.

5. What claim is the narrator making by calling humans "lineal scions of the pansy" (332)?
(a) Humans are the servants of nature.
(b) Plants and animals are just as valuable as humans.
(c) Humans and flowers are related through evolution.
(d) Pansies are more like humans than most people realize.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what does May want humans to remember?

2. Which bird is Mr. Coulson said to be "elder brother" to in May?

3. On the final morning of the story, what causes Mr. Coulson's mood to change?

4. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?

5. What is clear in the first interaction between Mr. Coulson, Miss Coulson, and Mrs. Widdup?

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