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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state is Monocacy in when the Pollits arrive there in Chapter 5, Part 2?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Disarray.
(c) Ruins.
(d) Splendor.

2. For what had Henny asked Norman Collyer?
(a) Books.
(b) Help.
(c) Money.
(d) Pictures.

3. How does the narrator characterize Henny Pollit?
(a) Subdued.
(b) Nervous and lively.
(c) Tyrannical.
(d) Introverted.

4. Where is Henny's special place?
(a) A tree in the woods.
(b) Her parents' estate.
(c) A stool in the corner.
(d) A room above the living room.

5. Where has Henny been when she comes home?
(a) In the woods.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Traveling.
(d) At work.

6. What do Henny and Old Ellen talk about?
(a) Why couples split up.
(b) How women poison themselves.
(c) What do to about Sam's inappropriate relationship with the children.
(d) How to stay in a bad marriage.

7. How old is Josephine Pollit?
(a) No one is sure.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 58.

8. How old was Louie when her mother died?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Nine.

9. Who is Norman Collyer?
(a) Henny's brother.
(b) Sam Pollit's father-in-law.
(c) Sam Pollit's brother-in-law.
(d) Henny's father.

10. What do Louie's cousins teacher her?
(a) How to hunt.
(b) How to butcher pigs.
(c) How to write.
(d) How to tie knots.

11. 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 never breaks promises to them.
(c) He overdoes it to compensate for being gone so often.
(d) He sleeps and rises by their needs.

12. Who is Archie Lessinum?
(a) Old Ellen's son-in-law.
(b) A housekeeper at Monocacy.
(c) Henny's cousin.
(d) Henny's old boyfriend.

13. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Henny and her friend?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Simple.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Satisfying.

14. What does Sam tell Louie about?
(a) The impending divorce.
(b) His affairs and her mother's anger.
(c) The suffering in his marriage.
(d) The brilliance of her future.

15. How does Henny characterize the difference between herself and Sam?
(a) He has control over everything; she only has control over the children, sometimes.
(b) He is always coming and going; she is trapped.
(c) He lives on the earth; she lives in the atmosphere.
(d) He lives in a floating cloud; she lives in the back alleys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman Collyer tell Henny?

2. How does Henny use the friend she meets in Washington D.C.?

3. What does Hazel Moore do to upset Henny?

4. What does Henny's friend tell her?

5. In what way is Nellie cruel to Louie?

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