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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. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She goes shopping.
(b) She takes a long nap.
(c) She works in the garden.
(d) She reads a romance book.
2. On the final morning of the story, what causes Mr. Coulson's mood to change?
(a) He is in much less pain than usual.
(b) Miss Coulson has told him that he is behaving badly.
(c) Mrs. Widdup has threatened to quit.
(d) It is warm again and the windows are open.
3. Mrs. Widdup is described as "comely" (333). What does this mean is true about her?
(a) She is a hard worker.
(b) She is funny.
(c) She is attractive.
(d) She is clever.
4. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?
(a) Mrs. Widdup turns out to be wealthy, herself.
(b) Mrs. Widdup's husband is still alive.
(c) Mr. Coulson never had any romantic intentions toward Mrs. Widdup at all.
(d) Miss Coulson runs away with the iceman.
5. Why does Mrs. Widdup go into Mr. Coulson's room in the afternoon on the second day of the story?
(a) She needs to tell him that everyone else has left the house.
(b) She hears him ring for help.
(c) She wants him to finish what he was going to say on the day before.
(d) She is concerned that he is all by himself.
Short Answer Questions
1. What point is made through the juxtaposition of Mr. Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's comments about springtime?
2. When the narrator lists the kinds of inappropriate relationships that May encourages, one of the items in the list is "old chaps" who dress up and "parade in front of the Normal School" (332). Who are these old men trying to impress with their fancy clothing?
3. On page 334, the narrator refers to the "panoply" of Miss Coulson's "unthrilled bosom." What is the meaning of "panoply" in this context?
4. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?
5. Why does Mr. Coulson hesitate as he says, "In the spring...a y -- that is a man's -- fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" (333)?
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