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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 is Sam's response to this event?

2. What has Henny begun to do in front of the children?

3. How long does Henny stay away from Spa House?

4. How does Clare approach her poverty?

5. Why does Sam say he can't let Louie go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Sam gets the anonymous letter?

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

3. How do the Pollits end up in Spa House?

4. What is uncommon about Cathleen's eighteenth birthday?

5. Describe Henny's fight with Louie.

6. Describe Miss Aiden's visit.

7. What news does Jo bring to the house?

8. How does the topic of poetry figure in Sam's homecoming celebration?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Pollits have problems inside and outside of the house. How are these two spheres related? Are the problems in one related to the problems in the other? Do they mirror, echo, follow each other? What strategies do the Pollits have for solving these problems? Do their solutions apply from one sphere to the other?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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