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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. Sam tells Bonnie _________________.

2. What is Henny's response to the events of mid summer?

3. What does Bonnie tell Sam?

4. What do Sam and Henny discover when David Collyer's will is read?

5. What does Sam say to excuse Henny's behavior when she beats Ernie for no reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that upsets Sam during his homecoming celebration?

2. What leads up to Henny's death?

3. How does Henny die?

4. Describe Henny's fight with Louie.

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

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

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

8. What news does Jo bring to the house?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent is Louie's tale every woman's tale? To what extent is it uniquely Louie's own story? How can we extrapolate from this story to discuss the experiences of girls and women in general?

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

What stories does this story echo? How does this story resolve differently from Snow White? What makes 'The Man Who Loved Children' unique in its presentation of the familiar story of a girl who doesn't get along with her step-mother?

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