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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Sam challenge Louie to write poetry?
(a) He knew it would make Henny furious.
(b) Jo had published a poem in the paper.
(c) He wanted to give her an assignment she would fail at.
(d) He learned to write poems in Malaysia.

3. What does Henny snap at when she is in a foul mood?
(a) Tommy for mouthing off.
(b) Miss Aiden for taking care of Louie.
(c) Louie for being dirty.
(d) Sam for his infidelities.

4. What had Sam brought back from Malaysia in the crates?
(a) Books and illustrations.
(b) Trinkets and worthless things.
(c) Vases and silks.
(d) Small animals and biological samples.

5. What does Sam say about Ernie's character?
(a) His morals have disimproved.
(b) He has lost his senses.
(c) He has gone rotten.
(d) He has matured.

6. What do the twins tell Sam about Ernie?
(a) He has been collecting lead.
(b) He has been taking economics courses.
(c) He has been saving receipts.
(d) He has been saving money.

7. How does Bert Anderson disappoint Henny?
(a) He refuses to listen to her complain.
(b) He tells her to count her blessings.
(c) He walks away from their conversation.
(d) He does not have money to give her.

8. What upsets Sam after Henny gives birth?
(a) There is no one to take care of the baby.
(b) She has hired a nurse.
(c) The house is full of people who have come to take care of the baby.
(d) Louie is taking care of the baby.

9. What do Louie's siblings taunt her about?
(a) Being in love with a boy.
(b) Being in love with her teacher.
(c) Being dumb.
(d) Thinking she's superior.

10. How does Henny escape from the house?
(a) She locks herself in her room.
(b) She disappears.
(c) She goes for a long walk.
(d) She goes to Washington D.C.

11. What does Sam say to excuse Henny's behavior when she beats Ernie for no reason?
(a) She didn't mean it.
(b) Ernie had it coming.
(c) It is one of her moods.
(d) These things happen.

12. Henny threatens Sam with _________.
(a) Killing him.
(b) Kicking him out.
(c) Hurting Louie or Ernie.
(d) Leaving.

13. Where does Louie go?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Her mother's family in Harper's Ferry.
(c) To live with Miss Aiden.
(d) Anywhere.

14. What is this conclusion of the book called?
(a) The climax.
(b) The rising action.
(c) The falling action.
(d) The denouement.

15. What does Sam think Louie's reaction will be if he reads her poetry?
(a) She will stop thinking of herself as so superior.
(b) She will be mortified.
(c) She will be honored.
(d) She will be pleased.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henny characterize Louie's teacher?

2. Where is the house Sam finds?

3. What does Sam propose to Bonnie?

4. What does Henny finally tell Jo after Jo's ranting?

5. How does the narrator characterize the house Sam finds?

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