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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam say about Ernie's character?
(a) He has gone rotten.
(b) His morals have disimproved.
(c) He has matured.
(d) He has lost his senses.

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

3. What upsets Sam after Henny gives birth?
(a) She has hired a nurse.
(b) Louie is taking care of the baby.
(c) There is no one to take care of the baby.
(d) The house is full of people who have come to take care of the baby.

4. What does Henny accuse Bert Anderson of?
(a) Being selfish.
(b) Sleeping around.
(c) Hating her.
(d) Secretly loving her.

5. How does Henny react to the news about her father's will?
(a) She wants no part of finding a new place.
(b) She wants to move out immediately.
(c) She doesn't respond at all.
(d) She wants to talk to her siblings to see what can be done.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator characterize Sam Pollit's relationship with his children?

3. What makes Sam a hero to his department?

4. For what had Henny asked Norman Collyer?

5. Josephine Pollit tells Sam about _____________.

(see the answer key)

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