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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?
(a) They would hurt the birds in the sky.
(b) They would run into one another in the air.
(c) They would dive to earth.
(d) If they did they would damage and dirty the clouds and the air.

2. Lydian accuses him of trying to make Waldo something he is not, and urges Henry to do what?
(a) End his friendship with Waldo.
(b) Leave town.
(c) Get married.
(d) Let Waldo be himself.

3. Why does Edward suggest that Henry would be a better father?
(a) His father would not play with him like Henry does.
(b) His father is often away from the house.
(c) Henry is nicer than his own father.
(d) Henry is more fun than his own father.

4. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?
(a) He never earns a fortune.
(b) He dies on his way to India.
(c) He dies wealthy and a poet.
(d) He dies with a huge fortune and no poems.

5. Where does Henry live?
(a) By Walden Pond.
(b) By the ocean.
(c) Downtown Concord.
(d) On the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?

2. Where does Williams want to stay?

3. How does Henry change his tactics with Sam?

4. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?

5. What is happening to Henry in this scene?

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