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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. How does the narrator characterize the Pollit children?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Hyper.
(c) Disobedient.
(d) Always hungry.

2. What is Norman Collyer's response to Henny's request?
(a) He sends her what she wants.
(b) He refuses.
(c) He does not answer.
(d) He agrees, on conditions.

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

4. What is Louie's relationship with Henny?
(a) Henny is her aunt.
(b) Henny is her mother.
(c) Henny is her cousin.
(d) Henny is her step-mother.

5. What does Henny want of Hazel Moore?
(a) She wants her to take the kids for some time.
(b) She wants her as a friend.
(c) She wants her to stop gossiping.
(d) She wants her as a servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is Monocacy in when the Pollits arrive there in Chapter 5, Part 2?

2. What is Henny's mother doing when Henny arrives at Monocacy?

3. How does the narrator say Henny treats Louie when she takes the children to Washington D.C. for shoes?

4. What does Sam say he wants from Josephine Pollit when she arrives?

5. Where are the children excluded from at Monocacy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Sam's relation to Naden.

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

4. How does the narrator describe Louie's personality?

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

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

7. What does Henny complain about to Bert Anderson?

8. What is Louie's relationship with Beulah?

9. How is Louie treated in the Pollit household?

10. How does Hazel Moore disappoint Henny?

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