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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Louie like when her parents are around?
(a) Strict and overbearing.
(b) Loving and friendly.
(c) Introverted and shy.
(d) Manipulative and squirrelly.

2. Where is Sam Pollit?
(a) At work.
(b) On an expedition.
(c) He disappeared when the children were small.
(d) Hunting.

3. What does Sam talk about with Whitey?
(a) Making one's own community.
(b) Publishing articles.
(c) The impending collapse of civilization.
(d) Looking for specimens.

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

5. Why did Henny look very theatrical when she stared off into the distance?
(a) She had large eyes.
(b) She had porcelain skin.
(c) She had very dark hair.
(d) She was very dramatic in her manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sam contrast his relationship with the children with Henny's relationship?

2. Who is Norman Collyer?

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

4. What does Norman Collyer tell Henny her trouble is?

5. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?

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