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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hazel Moore do to upset Henny?
(a) Gets drunk and neglects her work.
(b) Gives notice that she is leaving.
(c) Steals money.
(d) Becomes engaged to Mr. Gray.

2. Who is Nellie?
(a) Henny's father's mistress.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A family friend.
(d) A young maid.

3. How does the narrator characterize Josephine Pollit?
(a) Tall with blond hair.
(b) Lanky and aloof.
(c) Short and plump.
(d) Fat and slow.

4. 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.

5. Why doesn't Henny do what she would like to do to Sam?
(a) She says that she can't afford to reward him.
(b) She says that she'd be burdened with his brats.
(c) She says that she is afraid to help him.
(d) She says that he always hurts her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bonnie's reaction when Jo Pollit talks to her?

2. How does Sam tell Naden to address him?

3. How does Henny refer to the heart of Washington D.C.?

4. What do Louie's cousins teacher her?

5. What 'crime' does Nellie hold against Louie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Louie do at Beulah's house?

2. How does the narrator describe Louie's personality?

3. How does the narrator characterize Sam?

4. What is the financial state of the Pollit household?

5. Compare and contrast Louie with Henny's brother Barry.

6. What does Henny like about visiting Washington D.C.?

7. What is Louie's relationship with Beulah?

8. Describe Louie's visit to Mrs. Kydd's house.

9. Describe Sam's return home.

10. How is Louie treated in the Pollit household?

(see the answer keys)

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