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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josephine Pollit tell the children?
(a) To do well in school.
(b) To mind their parents.
(c) To make her proud.
(d) To never beg.

2. What is Sam Pollit's profession?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Writer.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Naturalist.

3. How is 'The Man Who Loved Children' narrated?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

4. What does Norman Collyer tell Henny?
(a) He cannot recommend those books for her.
(b) She should forget their parents.
(c) He is glad to help her.
(d) She needs to learn how to live with what she has.

5. What does Sam say he would like to create?
(a) A world run by misfits.
(b) A cure for degenerates.
(c) A shelter for degenerates.
(d) A world without misfits.

6. What reason does Sam give for his marriage to Henny?
(a) Her family needed him to take care of her.
(b) The marriage was arranged.
(c) A sense of honor.
(d) They were in love.

7. In what way does Sam juxtapose nature and Henny?
(a) He is comfortable in nature, but he is never at home with Henny.
(b) He loves nature, but can't understand why Henny hates him so much.
(c) He has learned to know nature, but he does not feel he knows Henny at all.
(d) Nature is a passion of his, and he is a passion of Henny's.

8. What do the children do when Henny arrives home?
(a) Run into the woods.
(b) Flock about, asking questions.
(c) Run to their rooms.
(d) Get dinner ready.

9. Whose family home is Monocacy?
(a) Sam's.
(b) Beulah's.
(c) Bert Anderson's.
(d) Henny's.

10. How does the narrator characterize Josephine Pollit?
(a) Lanky and aloof.
(b) Short and plump.
(c) Tall with blond hair.
(d) Fat and slow.

11. How old was Louie when her mother died?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six years.
(d) Six months.

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

13. What does Louie make for Henny when she comes home?
(a) Tea.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Order.
(d) Quiet.

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

15. What did Louie's mother say about Sam when she was dying?
(a) He didn't know anything about children.
(b) He would be a friend to the children.
(c) He was great with children.
(d) He had no interest in the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have Henny and Hazel Moore been arguing over?

2. What is Louie like when her parents are around?

3. What is Louie's relationship with Henny?

4. What does Hazel Moore do to upset Henny?

5. What is Bonnie's reaction when Jo Pollit talks to her?

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