Poof! Quizzes

Poof! Quiz

1 How does Loureen know Florence?
She is her friend from work.

She is her maid.

She is her neighbor.

She is her sister.
2 Why doesn't Florence dial 911?
There is nothing to tell 911.

Loureen tells her not to call 911.

She doesn't want Loureen to get in trouble for killing Samuel.

The women don't think to call 911.
3 How many kids does Loureen have?
3

2

1

0
4 What is left of Samuel?
His glasses

His clothes

Nothing

His shoes
5 Why did Samuel spontaneously combust?
He didn't; it was all in Loureen's head.

Because Loureen is a saint with special powers.

Because Loureen finally used her voice.

Because Loureen cursed him.
6 What is Loureen's initial reaction after Samuel spontaneously combusts?
She is happy.

She doesn't believe it.

She laughs.

She is upset.
7 What has bonded Loureen and Florence more than anything?
Their shared love of children.

The fact that their husbands are friends.

The fact that they live so close together.

Their shared desire to escape their husbands.
8 What is the first thing Florence notices when she comes into the house?
The guilty look on Loureen's face.

That Samuel isn't there.

The glasses on the floor.

The smell of something burned.
9 Does Loureen have any happy memories of Samuel, and if so, when?
No, he was always horrible and she doesn't miss him.

Yes, the night of prom.

Yes, there were good memories mixed in with the bad.

Yes, their weekly dinner.
10 The word "poof!" in this context is an example of what?
Personification

A metaphor

An analogy

Onamatopeia
11 What adjective does Loureen use to describe how she is feeling to Florence?
Free

Remorseful

Weightless

Jubilant
12 Florence's husband Edgar has
a drinking problem.

another family.

a gambling problem.

a habit of violence.
13 What does Florence initially think when Loureen tells her what happened?
That Loureen is telling the truth.

That Loureen has lost her mind.

That she is telling an outlandish story.

That Edgar told her the same story the other day.
14 Has Loureen called the police before?
No, Samuel would never let her.

Yes, and they didn't help her.

No, she has always been scared of the police.

Yes, and they brought her somewhere safe.
15 Under what circumstances did Samuel almost take Loureen's eye out?
She flipped the television channel.

She burned their dinner.

She yelled back at him.

She said she was going to leave him.
16 What does Florence want Loureen to do for her?
Give her the courage to stand up to Edgar

Speak her words to Edgar

Help make plans for her escape

Take care of her children while she leaves for a while
17 What does the word "canonized" mean?
To be made into a folktale

To be remembered in history

To be painted for a museum

To be officially declared a saint
18 Loureen's reference to her palms bleeding is an example of what?
A metaphor

A story within a story

An allegory

A biblical allusion
19 What word does Florence tell Loureen not to throw around lightly?
Abuse

Witch

Violence

Killer
20 What similarity does Florence draw between Loureen and Edgar?
There is nothing in common between them

The way they deal with problems

Their knack for storytelling

Their kind-hearted nature
21 When Loureen says she doesn't want to talk to loud, because "something else is liable to disappear," she is exhibiting signs of what?
Strangeness

Depression

Paranoia

Hypothermia
22 What does Loureen mean by "a man like Samuel"?
Someone who looks and acts like him

Someone of the hegemonic class

A man his age

A husband
23 When is the only time Loureen has been on her own?
When Samuel went to Reno with his cousin

When Samuel moved out for a week

When Samuel went to Boston with his father

When Samuel goes out drinking
24 What does Florence see as Loureen's "crime"?
Staying in the marriage as long as she did

Turning Samuel to dust

Speaking her mind

Leaving her husband
25 Why can't Florence come for dinner the next day?
Edgar and her have special plans

She has to care for the children

Edgar would never allow it

She has visitors coming by

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