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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 the narrator say Henny's moods change?

2. What embarrasses Louie about going to school?

3. What is Sam's response to this event?

4. What is Sam's status in terms of work, in Chapter 9?

5. How has the trip changed Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the relationship between Sam and Henny changed by the time of Cathleen's eighteenth birthday?

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

3. How does the new baby strain the Pollit household?

4. Describe the reading of David Collyer's will.

5. What leads up to Henny's death?

6. What news does Jo bring to the house?

7. What does the anonymous letter Sam receives say?

8. Describe Saul Pilgrim's visit in June.

9. Describe Henny's second visit to Bert Anderson.

10. Describe the opening of the crates from Sam's trip.

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

Evaluate your own reading of 'The Man Who Loved Children'. Did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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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