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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sam in mid-summer?
(a) He is assigned to a post in Malaysia.
(b) He is promoted.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He is suspended.

2. What does Sam think Louie's reaction will be if he reads her poetry?
(a) She will be pleased.
(b) She will stop thinking of herself as so superior.
(c) She will be mortified.
(d) She will be honored.

3. What does Saul Pilgrim talk about when he comes to visit?
(a) Politics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Biology.

4. What mistake has the Smithsonian made that infuriates Colonel Willets?
(a) They understood Sam to be the head of the expedition.
(b) They expected Sam and Colonel Willets to pay for their own expenses.
(c) They misunderstood Colonel Willets' requests for more assistance, and cut his budget instead.
(d) They refused to answer any of Colonel Willets' inquiries.

5. What does Henny want of Hazel Moore?
(a) She wants her as a servant.
(b) She wants her as a friend.
(c) She wants her to take the kids for some time.
(d) She wants her to stop gossiping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sam Pollit's profession?

2. Who is Henny's favorite?

3. What has Henny begun to do in front of the children?

4. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?

5. Why did Henny look very theatrical when she stared off into the distance?

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