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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 is Henny's response when Sam confronts her?
(a) She has every right to have affairs, considering his infidelities.
(b) He is a worthless person, who has no right to accuse her.
(c) She would never have betrayed him, even in spite of his infidelities.
(d) She knows who wrote the letter.

2. How does Bert Anderson disappoint Henny?
(a) He does not have money to give her.
(b) He tells her to count her blessings.
(c) He walks away from their conversation.
(d) He refuses to listen to her complain.

3. What happens to Sam in mid-summer?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is promoted.
(c) He is suspended.
(d) He is assigned to a post in Malaysia.

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

5. How has the trip changed Sam?
(a) He is more restrained.
(b) He drinks more.
(c) He is more optimistic.
(d) He is more expressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam pays for ______________.

2. What does Sam propose to Bonnie?

3. Where does Louie go?

4. What has Henny begun to do in front of the children?

5. What had Sam brought back from Malaysia in the crates?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sam react to the birth of a new baby?

2. Describe Henny's second visit to Bert Anderson.

3. How is Henny replaced?

4. Describe Henny's stay at Hassie's house.

5. How do the Pollits end up in Spa House?

6. Describe Saul Pilgrim's visit in June.

7. Describe the atmosphere at the celebration for Sam's homecoming.

8. How has the relationship between Sam and Henny changed by the time of Cathleen's eighteenth birthday?

9. What news does Jo bring to the house?

10. Describe the opening of the crates from Sam's trip.

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