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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam say he would like to create?
(a) A world without misfits.
(b) A shelter for degenerates.
(c) A world run by misfits.
(d) A cure for degenerates.

2. Why does Sam challenge Louie to write poetry?
(a) Jo had published a poem in the paper.
(b) He learned to write poems in Malaysia.
(c) He wanted to give her an assignment she would fail at.
(d) He knew it would make Henny furious.

3. How does Henny refer to the heart of Washington D.C.?
(a) Town.
(b) The City.
(c) Downtown.
(d) City Center.

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

5. Who is Josephine Pollit?
(a) Sam's cousin.
(b) Sam's aunt.
(c) Sam's mother.
(d) Sam's older sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Pollit family have to leave Georgetown?

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

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

4. What is Louie like when her parents are around?

5. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?

(see the answer key)

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