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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Henny's favorite?
(a) Ernie.
(b) Evie.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Louie.

2. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Sam and Colonel Willets?
(a) Colonel Willets is afraid of Sam's ambition.
(b) Colonel Willets loathes Sam's intellectual background.
(c) Colonel Willets simply doesn't like Sam.
(d) Colonel Willets resents Sam's easy-going personality.

3. What do Sam and Henny discover when David Collyer's will is read?
(a) Everything was left to Henny's siblings.
(b) He was broke.
(c) David Collyer left it all to charity.
(d) Henny was specifically written out of the will.

4. What embarrasses Louie about going to school?
(a) Her hand-me-downs.
(b) Her ignorance.
(c) Her complete lack of family support.
(d) Her immaturity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Sam juxtapose nature and Henny?

2. What happens to Louie in her first days in high school?

3. What does Sam think about as he walks through Georgetown?

4. What does the Pollit family begin to prepare for after the homecoming celebration?

5. How does Clare approach her poverty?

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