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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 say he would like to create?
(a) A world without misfits.
(b) A world run by misfits.
(c) A cure for degenerates.
(d) A shelter for degenerates.

2. What does Sam tell Louie about?
(a) The brilliance of her future.
(b) The suffering in his marriage.
(c) His affairs and her mother's anger.
(d) The impending divorce.

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

4. When does Henny say she was tricked?
(a) When she bought the house.
(b) When she had children.
(c) When she gave up her inheritance.
(d) When she married Sam.

5. Who does Henny meet in Washington D.C.?
(a) Old Ellen.
(b) Hazel Moore.
(c) Beulah.
(d) Bert Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake has the Smithsonian made that infuriates Colonel Willets?

2. Why did Henny look very theatrical when she stared off into the distance?

3. Where is Henny's special place?

4. What reason does Sam give for his marriage to Henny?

5. Where does Nellie say Louie is going to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sam's relation to Naden.

2. What might be being foreshadowed in Chapters 3 and 4?

3. What is the financial state of the Pollit household?

4. Describe Henny's letter from her brother, Norman Collyer.

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

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

7. What do Louie and Nellie discuss when Henny and the children get to Monocacy?

8. Describe the opening scene of 'The Man Who Loved Children'.

9. Describe Josephine Pollit's arrival at Tohoga House.

10. How is Louie treated in the Pollit household?

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