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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Henny complain about?
(a) The children.
(b) Being poor.
(c) Sam's ego.
(d) Living so far from town.
2. What is Togoha House?
(a) The Pollit's residence.
(b) Sam Pollit's workplace.
(c) The Governor's mansion.
(d) The dorm where Louie Pollit lives.
3. How old was Louie when her mother died?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Six months.
4. Why did Henny look very theatrical when she stared off into the distance?
(a) She had porcelain skin.
(b) She was very dramatic in her manner.
(c) She had large eyes.
(d) She had very dark hair.
5. What does Sam talk about with Whitey?
(a) Looking for specimens.
(b) Making one's own community.
(c) The impending collapse of civilization.
(d) Publishing articles.
6. What does Josephine Pollit tell the children?
(a) To never beg.
(b) To do well in school.
(c) To mind their parents.
(d) To make her proud.
7. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Hyper.
(c) Always hungry.
(d) Disobedient.
8. 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 to stop gossiping.
(d) She wants her as a friend.
9. What mistake has the Smithsonian made that infuriates Colonel Willets?
(a) They understood Sam to be the head of the expedition.
(b) They misunderstood Colonel Willets' requests for more assistance, and cut his budget instead.
(c) They refused to answer any of Colonel Willets' inquiries.
(d) They expected Sam and Colonel Willets to pay for their own expenses.
10. Where has Henny been when she comes home?
(a) In the woods.
(b) At work.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Shopping.
11. 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.
12. Who is Hazel Moore?
(a) The gardener at Monocacy.
(b) Henny's father's mistress.
(c) The housekeeper at Monocacy.
(d) The steward at Monocacy.
13. In what way is Nellie cruel to Louie?
(a) She accuses her of other children's mistakes.
(b) She berates her when she makes mistakes.
(c) She pokes her.
(d) She says that she is a bastard.
14. How does Sam contrast his relationship with the children with Henny's relationship?
(a) He doesn't know them at all, whereas she knows them intimately.
(b) He is friendly with them, whereas she treats them all like enemies.
(c) He is less protective of the children.
(d) He tries to teach them, but she doesn't.
15. What does Henny's friend say is the crux of her problems?
(a) Location.
(b) Money.
(c) Aging.
(d) Adulthood.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Henny's favorite?
2. What did Louie's mother say about Sam when she was dying?
3. How does the narrator characterize Henny Pollit?
4. What worries Sam about leaving Henny in charge of the house while he is gone?
5. What does Nellie teach Louie?
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