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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Henny use the friend she meets in Washington D.C.?
2. Where are the children excluded from at Monocacy?
3. What do Henny and Old Ellen talk about?
4. What does Henny's friend say is the crux of her problems?
5. What does Henny threaten to do if she cannot have her way with Hazel Moore?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast Louie with Henny's brother Barry.
2. Describe Louie's visit to Mrs. Kydd's house.
3. What does Henny complain about to Bert Anderson?
4. How does Henny characterize the difference between herself and Sam?
5. What does Henny find when she arrives at Monocacy?
6. How do the two trips, to Harper's Ferry and to Monocacy, show us different sides of Louie's character?
7. Describe the opening scene of 'The Man Who Loved Children'.
8. How does the narrator characterize Sam?
9. What is Sam's relationship with Colonel Willets?
10. How does Henny get reprieve from the children at Tohoga House?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way is 'The Man Who Loved Children' an American book? In what ways is it not? How does the book define the American way of life, and how does the book fulfill its own definition? If it is not American, what is it? Does it lay out terms for what is not American as well?
Essay Topic 2
Would you recommend 'The Man Who Loved Children'? For what purposes would you recommend 'The Man Who Loved Children', and to what kinds of readers would you not recommend it? What book would you recommend that would cover the same material or provide the same emotional experience in a different way?
Essay Topic 3
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
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