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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 Henny accuse Bert Anderson of?
(a) Secretly loving her.
(b) Sleeping around.
(c) Hating her.
(d) Being selfish.

2. What happens when Sam opens the crates he brought home from Malaysia?
(a) The scene is disrupted by Henny going into labor.
(b) People are excited, but some are unhappy with their small gifts.
(c) He is embarrassed to have forgotten a number of people.
(d) Everyone is thrilled with their gifts.

3. What does Saul Pilgrim tell Sam?
(a) To look for new work.
(b) To be careful.
(c) To go after Colonel Willets.
(d) To go over Colonel Willets' head.

4. How does Henny characterize Louie's teacher?
(a) Disreputable.
(b) Salt of the earth.
(c) Slovenly.
(d) Hoity-toity.

5. What does Josephine Pollit tell the family about, when she comes to visit?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Colonel Willets' new problems.
(c) Sam's job.
(d) Her affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the twins tell Sam about Ernie?

2. What have the children become by the end of the summer?

3. How does the narrator say Henny's moods change?

4. What news does Josephine Pollit tell?

5. What is Louie's reaction when Sam reads her poetry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is uncommon about Cathleen's eighteenth birthday?

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

4. Describe Henny's fight with Louie.

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

6. What news does Jo bring to the house?

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

8. What does the anonymous letter Sam receives say?

9. Describe Miss Aiden's visit.

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

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