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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens to Bonnie in the end of the book?
(a) She comes back to the house.
(b) She marries Sam.
(c) She is institutionalized.
(d) She runs away.

3. Who is Saul Pilgrim?
(a) Sam's old friend.
(b) Colonel Willets' inspector.
(c) Henny's confidante.
(d) Louie's friend in Harper's Ferry.

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

5. How does Clare approach her poverty?
(a) By laughing at it.
(b) By letting people walk all over her.
(c) By shrinking inside herself.
(d) By apologizing all the time.

6. What does the Pollit family begin to prepare for after the homecoming celebration?
(a) Sam's next departure.
(b) David Collyer's funeral.
(c) Louie's graduation party.
(d) Henny's new baby.

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

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

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

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

11. Bonnie keeps asking ______________.
(a) To see a nurse.
(b) For her baby.
(c) About the baby's father.
(d) To return home.

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

13. What does Ernie admire in his secret money box?
(a) His collection of lead.
(b) His savings.
(c) Henny's foreign coins.
(d) A set of old keys.

14. According to the narrator, Saul Pilgrim is the only person who will ______________.
(a) Talk to Sam.
(b) Visit the Pollit house.
(c) Befriend Louie.
(d) Employ Sam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam say to excuse Henny's behavior when she beats Ernie for no reason?

2. How does the narrator characterize Hassie's house?

3. How does Sam anger Colonel Willets?

4. What embarrasses Louie about going to school?

5. Why does Sam challenge Louie to write poetry?

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