View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henny characterize Louie's teacher?
(a) Disreputable.
(b) Salt of the earth.
(c) Slovenly.
(d) Hoity-toity.

2. Sam warns Louie about ________.
(a) Henny.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Sex.
(d) Money.

3. Now that we have read the ending, the book's title 'The Man Who Loved Children' could be seen __________.
(a) As ironic.
(b) As allegorical.
(c) As metaphorical.
(d) As sympathetic.

4. What does Louie tell Sam about Henny's death?
(a) She didn't know how it happened.
(b) She killed herself.
(c) It was an accident.
(d) Louie killed her.

5. What does Louie see when she looks into Henny's room?
(a) Henny beating Sam.
(b) Sam sitting with his head in his hands and Henny ranting.
(c) Henny standing over Sam with a razor in her hand.
(d) Sam and Henny talking softly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henny escape from the house?

2. What had Sam brought back from Malaysia in the crates?

3. Sam tells Bonnie _________________.

4. What does Henny accuse Bert Anderson of?

5. How does Sam anger Colonel Willets?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do things come to a head with Colonel Willets and Sam?

2. Describe the children's reaction to the marlin Sam brings home.

3. What is Ernie's main concern, which has Sam so displeased?

4. What news does Jo bring to the house?

5. How does the new baby strain the Pollit household?

6. Describe Henny's second visit to Bert Anderson.

7. Describe the reading of David Collyer's will.

8. How has the relationship between Sam and Henny changed by the time of Cathleen's eighteenth birthday?

9. What leads up to Henny's death?

10. What does Sam do on account of Jo's news?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 752 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample