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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam swear to Henny?
(a) His affairs don't matter to him.
(b) He has never cheated on her.
(c) He loves her more than anything.
(d) He has been faithful since his last lapse.

2. What is the house like when Sam arrives home?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Dark.
(c) Bubbling with children.
(d) Seething with resentments.

3. For what had Henny asked Norman Collyer?
(a) Books.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Money.
(d) Help.

4. Who is Josephine Pollit?
(a) Sam's aunt.
(b) Sam's mother.
(c) Sam's cousin.
(d) Sam's older sister.

5. What does Sam talk about with Whitey?
(a) Making one's own community.
(b) Looking for specimens.
(c) Publishing articles.
(d) The impending collapse of civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henny refuse to write to Sam?

2. What 'crime' does Nellie hold against Louie?

3. What will Sam's heroism mean for him?

4. Where does Beulah live?

5. What does Louie make for Henny when she comes home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henny like about visiting Washington D.C.?

2. What does Bert Anderson tell Henny?

3. What does Henny complain about to Bert Anderson?

4. How does Henny characterize the difference between herself and Sam?

5. How does Henny get reprieve from the children at Tohoga House?

6. How does the narrator characterize Sam?

7. What news does Jo bring when she comes?

8. What is Louie's relationship with Beulah?

9. How do the two trips, to Harper's Ferry and to Monocacy, show us different sides of Louie's character?

10. What is Sam's relationship with Colonel Willets?

(see the answer keys)

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