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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bonnie tell Sam?
(a) She will marry him.
(b) She wants to die.
(c) She will get married.
(d) She will never see the baby's father.

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

3. How long does Henny stay away from Spa House?
(a) An afternoon.
(b) Two days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) A week.

4. What does Sam propose to Bonnie?
(a) She should move away.
(b) She should be institutionalized.
(c) She should move into Spa House.
(d) She should marry the baby's father.

5. Sam tells Bonnie _________________.
(a) About Jo's affairs.
(b) About her baby.
(c) About Henny's death.
(d) About his financial problems.

6. What does Josephine Pollit carry on about?
(a) The beauty of the new baby.
(b) The justice of retribution on Colonel Willets.
(c) The strain a new baby will place on the family finances.
(d) The disrepute Bonnie has brought to the family.

7. How does Henny leave her argument with Bert Anderson?
(a) She severs the friendship.
(b) She takes some time to think about things.
(c) She tells Bert that she doesn't want to hear from him until he apologizes.
(d) She repairs the conversation.

8. What does Cathleen love more than anything?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Reading.
(d) Gardening.

9. What are Louie's feelings about what she has done?
(a) She is ruthless.
(b) She feels nothing.
(c) Life will go on.
(d) Crushing guilt.

10. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Sam and Colonel Willets?
(a) Colonel Willets resents Sam's easy-going personality.
(b) Colonel Willets simply doesn't like Sam.
(c) Colonel Willets loathes Sam's intellectual background.
(d) Colonel Willets is afraid of Sam's ambition.

11. Why does the Pollit family have to leave Georgetown?
(a) They are no longer welcome there.
(b) They are following Sam to a new appointment.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) They have too many debts there.

12. What happens to Louie in her first days in high school?
(a) She fades.
(b) She implodes.
(c) She blossoms.
(d) She sinks.

13. Why does Sam say he can't let Louie go?
(a) He can't afford to let her go.
(b) He needs her to stay.
(c) He needs her income.
(d) He has too many burdens.

14. What does Saul Pilgrim talk about when he comes to visit?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economics.
(d) Biology.

15. What is the atmosphere like at Tohoga House when Jo arrives there?
(a) Excited.
(b) Hectic.
(c) Confused.
(d) Depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam think Louie's reaction will be if he reads her poetry?

2. What is Henny's response to the events of mid summer?

3. What is Sam's response to this event?

4. What does Louie see when she looks into Henny's room?

5. What does Henny take from Ernie?

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