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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) Rheumatism.
(b) Gout.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Anemia.

2. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
(a) May.
(b) Warm breezes.
(c) Hyacinths.
(d) Sparrows.

3. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?
(a) Mrs. Widdup's husband is still alive.
(b) Mrs. Widdup turns out to be wealthy, herself.
(c) Miss Coulson runs away with the iceman.
(d) Mr. Coulson never had any romantic intentions toward Mrs. Widdup at all.

4. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?
(a) She tells him that it is warm outside.
(b) She tells him that Miss Coulson is upstairs sleeping.
(c) She tells him that Miss Coulson has had a very large ice order delivered.
(d) She tells him that his manservant has gone to the post office.

5. What is implied about Miss Coulson when she looks at the flowers "with the eye of a botanist" (334)?
(a) She is logical and unemotional.
(b) She is thinking of cutting them down.
(c) She is very intelligent.
(d) She is curious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?

2. On page 334, the narrator refers to the "panoply" of Miss Coulson's "unthrilled bosom." What is the meaning of "panoply" in this context?

3. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?

4. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?

5. When Mr. Coulson complains about the cold, what is his servant's response?

(see the answer key)

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