Poof! Quizzes

Poof! Quiz

1 How does Loureen know Florence?
She is her sister.

She is her friend from work.

She is her maid.

She is her neighbor.
2 Why doesn't Florence dial 911?
The women don't think to call 911.

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

There is nothing to tell 911.

Loureen tells her not to call 911.
3 How many kids does Loureen have?
3

1

2

0
4 What is left of Samuel?
His glasses

His clothes

His shoes

Nothing
5 Why did Samuel spontaneously combust?
Because Loureen cursed him.

Because Loureen is a saint with special powers.

He didn't; it was all in Loureen's head.

Because Loureen finally used her voice.
6 What is Loureen's initial reaction after Samuel spontaneously combusts?
She is upset.

She doesn't believe it.

She laughs.

She is happy.
7 What has bonded Loureen and Florence more than anything?
Their shared desire to escape their husbands.

Their shared love of children.

The fact that their husbands are friends.

The fact that they live so close together.
8 What is the first thing Florence notices when she comes into the house?
The guilty look on Loureen's face.

The glasses on the floor.

That Samuel isn't there.

The smell of something burned.
9 Does Loureen have any happy memories of Samuel, and if so, when?
Yes, there were good memories mixed in with the bad.

No, he was always horrible and she doesn't miss him.

Yes, their weekly dinner.

Yes, the night of prom.
10 The word "poof!" in this context is an example of what?
An analogy

Onamatopeia

A metaphor

Personification
11 What adjective does Loureen use to describe how she is feeling to Florence?
Remorseful

Weightless

Jubilant

Free
12 Florence's husband Edgar has
a habit of violence.

a drinking problem.

another family.

a gambling problem.
13 What does Florence initially think when Loureen tells her what happened?
That she is telling an outlandish story.

That Edgar told her the same story the other day.

That Loureen is telling the truth.

That Loureen has lost her mind.
14 Has Loureen called the police before?
Yes, and they brought her somewhere safe.

Yes, and they didn't help her.

No, she has always been scared of the police.

No, Samuel would never let her.
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?
Speak her words to Edgar

Give her the courage to stand up to Edgar

Take care of her children while she leaves for a while

Help make plans for her escape
17 What does the word "canonized" mean?
To be officially declared a saint

To be painted for a museum

To be remembered in history

To be made into a folktale
18 Loureen's reference to her palms bleeding is an example of what?
A story within a story

A metaphor

An allegory

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

Witch

Abuse

Violence
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

Hypothermia

Paranoia

Depression
22 What does Loureen mean by "a man like Samuel"?
Someone of the hegemonic class

A man his age

Someone who looks and acts like him

A husband
23 When is the only time Loureen has been on her own?
When Samuel goes out drinking

When Samuel went to Reno with his cousin

When Samuel moved out for a week

When Samuel went to Boston with his father
24 What does Florence see as Loureen's "crime"?
Leaving her husband

Staying in the marriage as long as she did

Turning Samuel to dust

Speaking her mind
25 Why can't Florence come for dinner the next day?
She has visitors coming by

Edgar and her have special plans

Edgar would never allow it

She has to care for the children

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