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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What 'crime' does Nellie hold against Louie?
(a) The time she took flowers from someone's yard to give a neighbor.
(b) The time she lost her keys.
(c) The time she forgot her homework.
(d) She time she got sick and needed to be taken care of.

3. Why is Henny irritated by the children writing letters to Sam in Malaysia?
(a) They don't know how to spell simple words.
(b) They don't write quickly.
(c) They have too many questions.
(d) They never finish their stories.

4. Who is Norman Collyer?
(a) Henny's brother.
(b) Sam Pollit's brother-in-law.
(c) Sam Pollit's father-in-law.
(d) Henny's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Beulah?

2. What do Sam and Henny argue about when they consider Sam's departure?

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

4. Where is Henny's special place?

5. Why does Louie feel at home with Beulah?

(see the answer key)

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