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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. According to the narrator, Saul Pilgrim is the only person who will ______________.
(a) Employ Sam.
(b) Visit the Pollit house.
(c) Befriend Louie.
(d) Talk to Sam.

2. What happens to Louie in her first days in high school?
(a) She sinks.
(b) She implodes.
(c) She fades.
(d) She blossoms.

3. What is Jo's main concern regarding Bonnie?
(a) She will need money.
(b) She will need round-the-clock care.
(c) She will do this again.
(d) She will have to live with her.

4. What does Henny accuse Bert Anderson of?
(a) Being selfish.
(b) Secretly loving her.
(c) Sleeping around.
(d) Hating her.

5. What does Henny snap at when she is in a foul mood?
(a) Louie for being dirty.
(b) Miss Aiden for taking care of Louie.
(c) Tommy for mouthing off.
(d) Sam for his infidelities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Louie's feelings about what she has done?

2. Why does Sam say he can't let Louie go?

3. What is Sam's status in terms of work, in Chapter 9?

4. Why doesn't Sam tell Henny this news?

5. How has the trip changed Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sam react to the birth of a new baby?

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

3. What is uncommon about Cathleen's eighteenth birthday?

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

5. Describe the opening of the crates from Sam's trip.

6. How does the topic of poetry figure in Sam's homecoming celebration?

7. What happens after Sam gets the anonymous letter?

8. Describe the atmosphere at the celebration for Sam's homecoming.

9. What is it that upsets Sam during his homecoming celebration?

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

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