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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 the narrator say is clear has happened since Henny left Tohoga House?
(a) She has matured.
(b) She has aged.
(c) She has resigned herself to her life.
(d) She has learned to accept things with humor.

2. Now that we have read the ending, the book's title 'The Man Who Loved Children' could be seen __________.
(a) As metaphorical.
(b) As sympathetic.
(c) As allegorical.
(d) As ironic.

3. What does Sam say to excuse Henny's behavior when she beats Ernie for no reason?
(a) She didn't mean it.
(b) It is one of her moods.
(c) Ernie had it coming.
(d) These things happen.

4. What does Josephine Pollit carry on about?
(a) The disrepute Bonnie has brought to the family.
(b) The justice of retribution on Colonel Willets.
(c) The strain a new baby will place on the family finances.
(d) The beauty of the new baby.

5. What does Henny snap at when she is in a foul mood?
(a) Sam for his infidelities.
(b) Tommy for mouthing off.
(c) Louie for being dirty.
(d) Miss Aiden for taking care of Louie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henny's response when Sam confronts her?

2. How does Henny escape from the house?

3. What is Sam's response to this event?

4. What do the twins tell Sam about Ernie?

5. How does the narrator characterize the house Sam finds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads up to Henny's death?

2. How does the new baby strain the Pollit household?

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

4. What is Ernie's main concern, which has Sam so displeased?

5. How does the topic of poetry figure in Sam's homecoming celebration?

6. What is it that upsets Sam during his homecoming celebration?

7. Describe the reading of David Collyer's will.

8. Describe Miss Aiden's visit.

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

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

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