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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what way does Colonel Willets see David Collyer's death as an opportunity?
(a) Now he can discredit Sam and have him removed from his post.
(b) Now he can make Sam loyal to him personally.
(c) Now he can extract more contributions from Sam.
(d) Now he can toy with Sam's appointment, and drive him away from the institute.

3. In what way is Nellie cruel to Louie?
(a) She berates her when she makes mistakes.
(b) She says that she is a bastard.
(c) She accuses her of other children's mistakes.
(d) She pokes her.

4. How does the narrator characterize the house Sam finds?
(a) It is splendid.
(b) It is a wreck.
(c) It needs work.
(d) It will have to be totally rebuilt.

5. What have the children become by the end of the summer?
(a) Disgusted with fishing.
(b) Expert fishermen.
(c) Excellent poets.
(d) Little field biologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cathleen love more than anything?

2. What do the twins tell Sam about Ernie?

3. How does the narrator characterize Sam Pollit's relationship with his children?

4. Why does Henny like going to Washington D.C.?

5. The boys think a marlin is a ___________.

(see the answer key)

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