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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Josephine Pollit?
(a) 40.
(b) No one is sure.
(c) 58.
(d) 55.

2. How does Henny characterize the difference between herself and Sam?
(a) He is always coming and going; she is trapped.
(b) He lives on the earth; she lives in the atmosphere.
(c) He lives in a floating cloud; she lives in the back alleys.
(d) He has control over everything; she only has control over the children, sometimes.

3. What do Sam and Henny argue about when they consider Sam's departure?
(a) Henny's incompetence about money.
(b) Sam's affairs.
(c) An affair Henny had.
(d) Henny's hatred for Louie.

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

5. What is Togoha House?
(a) The dorm where Louie Pollit lives.
(b) The Governor's mansion.
(c) Sam Pollit's workplace.
(d) The Pollit's residence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?

2. Where does Beulah live?

3. Henny plans to ask her friend for ___________.

4. What is the house like when Sam arrives home?

5. What does Henny want of Hazel Moore?

(see the answer key)

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