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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Beulah's family business?
(a) Butchering chickens.
(b) Selling dry goods.
(c) Selling produce and farm products.
(d) Selling horses and cattle.

2. How did Beulah take care of Louie and the children?
(a) She hardly saw them except briefly at holidays.
(b) In constant short visits throughout the year.
(c) In an annual summer visit.
(d) She lives with Henny and the children part-time.

3. How does the narrator characterize Sam Pollit's relationship with his children?
(a) He tries to ignore them as much as he can.
(b) He never breaks promises to them.
(c) He overdoes it to compensate for being gone so often.
(d) He sleeps and rises by their needs.

4. Who is Beulah?
(a) Louie's cousin.
(b) Henny's sister.
(c) Sam's first wife.
(d) Louie's mother.

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

6. Where is Sam Pollit?
(a) He disappeared when the children were small.
(b) Hunting.
(c) On an expedition.
(d) At work.

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

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

9. Where does Beulah live?
(a) Harper's Ferry.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Washington D.C.

10. What does Henny say she would like to do to Sam?
(a) Reward him for his hard work.
(b) Befriend him.
(c) Confess to him.
(d) Kill him.

11. Who does Henny meet in Washington D.C.?
(a) Bert Anderson.
(b) Beulah.
(c) Hazel Moore.
(d) Old Ellen.

12. Who is Henny's favorite?
(a) Louie.
(b) Evie.
(c) Ernie.
(d) Bonnie.

13. What does Henny's friend say is the crux of her problems?
(a) Aging.
(b) Money.
(c) Location.
(d) Adulthood.

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

15. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Always hungry.
(c) Disobedient.
(d) Hyper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Henny say she was tricked?

2. How does Henny refer to the heart of Washington D.C.?

3. In what way is Nellie cruel to Louie?

4. Why does Louie feel at home with Beulah?

5. What does Nellie teach Louie?

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