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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henny plans to ask her friend for ___________.
(a) $5.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Advice.
(d) $500.

2. Who is Beulah?
(a) Louie's mother.
(b) Henny's sister.
(c) Sam's first wife.
(d) Louie's cousin.

3. In what way is Nellie cruel to Louie?
(a) She says that she is a bastard.
(b) She berates her when she makes mistakes.
(c) She accuses her of other children's mistakes.
(d) She pokes her.

4. How did Beulah take care of Louie and the children?
(a) She lives with Henny and the children part-time.
(b) In constant short visits throughout the year.
(c) She hardly saw them except briefly at holidays.
(d) In an annual summer visit.

5. When does Henny say she was tricked?
(a) When she had children.
(b) When she bought the house.
(c) When she gave up her inheritance.
(d) When she married Sam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henny react to the news about her father's will?

2. How does Clare approach her poverty?

3. Why does Henny refuse to write to Sam?

4. Why does Henny like going to Washington D.C.?

5. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Sam and Colonel Willets?

(see the answer key)

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