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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what way does Colonel Willets see David Collyer's death as an opportunity?
(a) Now he can make Sam loyal to him personally.
(b) Now he can toy with Sam's appointment, and drive him away from the institute.
(c) Now he can extract more contributions from Sam.
(d) Now he can discredit Sam and have him removed from his post.

3. What does Henny say she wishes the children would do?
(a) Take care of themselves.
(b) Die.
(c) Finish their homework.
(d) Chip in on chores.

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

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

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

7. Where is the house Sam finds?
(a) In a poor neighborhood.
(b) In a slum.
(c) In a suburb of Baltimore.
(d) In an apartment building.

8. What does the narrator say Ernie is deeply concerned about?
(a) School.
(b) Girls.
(c) Money.
(d) Fishing.

9. How does the narrator say Henny's moods change?
(a) They become more changeable.
(b) They become angrier.
(c) They become more vile.
(d) They mellow.

10. What does Sam offer Bonnie?
(a) To send her away.
(b) To raise the child as his.
(c) To make sure the baby is adopted by a nice family.
(d) To send the baby away.

11. What does Henny finally tell Jo after Jo's ranting?
(a) None of them are any better than cheats, liars or whores.
(b) Jo is no one to talk.
(c) Bonnie should be punished.
(d) Jo should be punished for spreading the news of Bonnie's misfortune.

12. What does Louie put in Henny's tea?
(a) Engine coolant.
(b) Cyanide.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Milk.

13. What is Sam's response to this event?
(a) He is determined to enjoy the summer.
(b) He starts looking for work immediately.
(c) He consumes himself in preparing to present his case.
(d) He rants and raves about the injustice of it.

14. Sam pays for ______________.
(a) More news of Colonel Willets.
(b) Bonnie to get married.
(c) The baby to be taken away.
(d) The baby's needs.

15. What happens when Sam opens the crates he brought home from Malaysia?
(a) The scene is disrupted by Henny going into labor.
(b) He is embarrassed to have forgotten a number of people.
(c) Everyone is thrilled with their gifts.
(d) People are excited, but some are unhappy with their small gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louie do after confessing to her father?

2. How does Henny react to the news about her father's will?

3. What does Sam say about Ernie's character?

4. What is Louie's reaction when Sam reads her poetry?

5. What do Sam and Henny discover when David Collyer's will is read?

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