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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. Why does the Pollit family have to leave Georgetown?
(a) They are no longer welcome there.
(b) It is too expensive.
(c) They have too many debts there.
(d) They are following Sam to a new appointment.

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

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

4. What has Henny begun to do in front of the children?
(a) Humiliate Sam.
(b) Kiss Sam.
(c) Belittle Sam.
(d) Talk about her infidelities.

5. What does Henny finally tell Jo after Jo's ranting?
(a) Bonnie should be punished.
(b) Jo should be punished for spreading the news of Bonnie's misfortune.
(c) None of them are any better than cheats, liars or whores.
(d) Jo is no one to talk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Sam tell Henny this news?

3. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Sam and Colonel Willets?

4. What does Henny say she wishes the children would do?

5. What is the atmosphere like at Tohoga House when Jo arrives there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Saul Pilgrim's visit in June.

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

8. How does Henny die?

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

10. Describe Henny's fight with Louie.

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