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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 makes Sam furious after the reading of the will?
(a) His plans for further expeditions will have to be delayed.
(b) Henny was overlooked like she was.
(c) David Collyer hadn't spoken to him about his will before he died.
(d) Almost all the property will have to be sold.

2. What does Sam offer Bonnie?
(a) To send the baby away.
(b) To make sure the baby is adopted by a nice family.
(c) To raise the child as his.
(d) To send her away.

3. What worries Henny after David Collyer's funeral?
(a) When they will be evicted.
(b) How she will get through the summer without Louie or Hazel Moore.
(c) Where they will get money from.
(d) Who she can ask for money.

4. What is Louie's reaction when Sam reads her poetry?
(a) She is glad to set a good example for her siblings.
(b) She is glad that her work is finally being heard.
(c) She is furious for the invasion of privacy.
(d) She is irritated, but not bothered much.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the anonymous letter tell Sam?

2. What does Cathleen love more than anything?

3. How does Bert Anderson disappoint Henny?

4. What happens to Sam in mid-summer?

5. Sam warns Louie about ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Sam let Louie go when she says she wants to leave?

2. What does Sam do on account of Jo's news?

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

4. Describe Louie's experience in a new school.

5. What does Henny say about the news Jo brings?

6. How does Henny die?

7. What leads up to Henny's death?

8. Describe Saul Pilgrim's visit in June.

9. How does Sam react when Louie tells him that she killed Henny?

10. What does the anonymous letter Sam receives say?

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