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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. What was David Collyer's relationship with Archie Lessinum?

2. What is Togoha House?

3. What is Louie like when her parents are around?

4. What do Louie's cousins teacher her?

5. What does Norman Collyer tell Henny her trouble is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Sam?

2. What is Sam's relationship with Colonel Willets?

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

4. Describe the trip to Washington D.C. to buy shoes for the children.

5. How does Henny get reprieve from the children at Tohoga House?

6. Describe Louie's visit to Mrs. Kydd's house.

7. How is Louie treated in the Pollit household?

8. What do Louie and Nellie discuss when Henny and the children get to Monocacy?

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

10. How does the narrator characterize Sam's world view?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Louie's character reveals aspects of other characters, in their meanness or friendliness to her. How does Louie's murdering Henny change how characters see her?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of religion and morality in 'The Man Who Loved Children'? Is the religion organized, or is it just implicit in Sam and Henny's codes of conduct?

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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