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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 relationship between Henny and her friend?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Simple.
(c) Satisfying.
(d) Mysterious.

2. What does Sam think about as he walks through Georgetown?
(a) His dead mother.
(b) His childhood home.
(c) His father.
(d) His garden.

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

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

5. What does Henny's friend tell her?
(a) She should get help.
(b) She should divorce Sam.
(c) She should travel.
(d) She should stop dwelling on the negative things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henny say she thinks of Louie?

2. What is Josephine Pollit's role in the Pollit family?

3. How does the narrator characterize Henny Pollit?

4. What does Sam tell Louie about?

5. Where has Henny been when she comes home?

(see the answer key)

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