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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam and the other children make fun of Ernie for _____________.
(a) His weight.
(b) His foolishness.
(c) His concern about money.
(d) His awkwardness with girls.

2. What is Jo's main concern regarding Bonnie?
(a) She will need round-the-clock care.
(b) She will need money.
(c) She will have to live with her.
(d) She will do this again.

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

4. How does the narrator characterize the house Sam finds?
(a) It will have to be totally rebuilt.
(b) It is splendid.
(c) It needs work.
(d) It is a wreck.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Sam get the children excited about?
(a) A large fish.
(b) A deer.
(c) The fantasy of living in a big house.
(d) The possibility of a big job.

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

15. How does Henny characterize Louie's teacher?
(a) Disreputable.
(b) Hoity-toity.
(c) Slovenly.
(d) Salt of the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news comes at the end of the celebration at Tohoga House?

2. What is Sam's status in terms of work, in Chapter 9?

3. What does Louie tell Sam about Henny's death?

4. Why does Sam challenge Louie to write poetry?

5. What news does Josephine Pollit tell?

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