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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Sam a hero to his department?
(a) He is appointed to an Anthropological Mission.
(b) He located an intact specimen of an extinct species.
(c) He received an award for Field Biology.
(d) His data proved a theory.

2. Where is Sam Pollit?
(a) Hunting.
(b) On an expedition.
(c) At work.
(d) He disappeared when the children were small.

3. What does Nellie teach Louie?
(a) How to tie knots.
(b) French words.
(c) How to plant trees.
(d) How to bake.

4. How does the narrator characterize Sam Pollit's relationship with his children?
(a) He tries to ignore them as much as he can.
(b) He overdoes it to compensate for being gone so often.
(c) He never breaks promises to them.
(d) He sleeps and rises by their needs.

5. Who is Hazel Moore?
(a) The steward at Monocacy.
(b) The gardener at Monocacy.
(c) The housekeeper at Monocacy.
(d) Henny's father's mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beulah live?

2. Where does Nellie say Louie is going to go?

3. What is the house like when Sam arrives home?

4. What is Norman Collyer's response to Henny's request?

5. Who does Henny meet in Washington D.C.?

(see the answer key)

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