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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 refer to the heart of Washington D.C.?

2. What does Sam say he would like to create?

3. How does Sam contrast his relationship with the children with Henny's relationship?

4. What does Sam swear to Henny?

5. Who is Henny's favorite?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Louie's relationship with Beulah?

2. What does Bert Anderson tell Henny?

3. What is the financial state of the Pollit household?

4. What does Henny like about visiting Washington D.C.?

5. Describe the opening scene of 'The Man Who Loved Children'.

6. What does Henny find when she arrives at Monocacy?

7. What might be being foreshadowed in Chapters 3 and 4?

8. How does the narrator characterize Sam?

9. Describe Henny's relationship with relation to the children?

10. How does Hazel Moore disappoint Henny?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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

'The Man Who Loved Children' is in many ways a coming-of-age story about an artist. How does Stead use the coming-of-age story for her purposes, and how does Louie's coming of age as a writer differ from other comings of age?

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