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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sam talk about with Whitey?
(a) Making one's own community.
(b) Publishing articles.
(c) Looking for specimens.
(d) The impending collapse of civilization.

3. Louie says Spa House is filled with __________________.
(a) Voices.
(b) Promises.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Misery.

4. What does Louie do when Henny is in her special place?
(a) Goes looking to bring her back.
(b) Keeps the children away from her.
(c) Cooks for the children.
(d) Gathers the children around her.

5. What is Sam's response to this event?
(a) He starts looking for work immediately.
(b) He consumes himself in preparing to present his case.
(c) He is determined to enjoy the summer.
(d) He rants and raves about the injustice of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Josephine Pollit tells Sam about _____________.

2. What does Hazel Moore do to upset Henny?

3. Why does Sam challenge Louie to write poetry?

4. What does Sam say he would like to create?

5. What have the children become by the end of the summer?

(see the answer key)

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