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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?
(a) Always hungry.
(b) Disobedient.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Hyper.

2. For what had Henny asked Norman Collyer?
(a) Help.
(b) Money.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Books.

3. How does Henny use the friend she meets in Washington D.C.?
(a) As a minister.
(b) As a sounding board.
(c) As a comforter.
(d) As a stimulant.

4. What does Louie do when Henny is in her special place?
(a) Cooks for the children.
(b) Goes looking to bring her back.
(c) Keeps the children away from her.
(d) Gathers the children around her.

5. Why doesn't Henny do what she would like to do to Sam?
(a) She says that she'd be burdened with his brats.
(b) She says that she is afraid to help him.
(c) She says that she can't afford to reward him.
(d) She says that he always hurts her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam tell Louie about?

2. Who is Henny's favorite?

3. What does Henny's friend say is the crux of her problems?

4. What does Josephine Pollit tell the children?

5. What makes Sam a hero to his department?

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