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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. How does Henny escape from the house?
(a) She locks herself in her room.
(b) She goes for a long walk.
(c) She goes to Washington D.C.
(d) She disappears.

2. What happens to Bonnie's baby?
(a) It dies.
(b) It is adopted.
(c) It is located.
(d) It is never found.

3. How does Henny react to the news about her father's will?
(a) She doesn't respond at all.
(b) She wants to move out immediately.
(c) She wants no part of finding a new place.
(d) She wants to talk to her siblings to see what can be done.

4. How does the narrator characterize the house Sam finds?
(a) It will have to be totally rebuilt.
(b) It is a wreck.
(c) It needs work.
(d) It is splendid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sam anger Colonel Willets?

2. How does Henny leave her argument with Bert Anderson?

3. What happens when Sam opens the crates he brought home from Malaysia?

4. What is Sam's status in terms of work, in Chapter 9?

5. What is Jo's main concern regarding Bonnie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do things come to a head with Colonel Willets and Sam?

2. Describe Miss Aiden's visit.

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

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

5. What happens after Sam gets the anonymous letter?

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

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

8. Describe Saul Pilgrim's visit in June.

9. How does Henny die?

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

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