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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: March 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Henry support and therefore wish not to get into an argument about during his visit in Marseilles?
(a) Moliere and Lamartine
(b) Racine and Baudelaire
(c) Victor Hugo and Balzac
(d) Zola and Dreyfuss

2. Who were the children in the ghost story Henry wrote?
(a) a boy and his younger sister
(b) two girls and their younger brother
(c) three young sisters
(d) two young brothers

3. What was Henry's brother, William, like?
(a) He was exuberant, strong and popular
(b) He was shy and retiring
(c) He was quiet and intellectual
(d) He was a sickly boy

4. What was the garden at Lamb House like?
(a) medium-sized but the plantings weren't to Henry's liking
(b) well-tended but too large for Henry's needs
(c) neglected but with a great deal of promise
(d) small with beautiful plantings

5. What part of Henry's hand hurt him?
(a) his thumb running to his wrist
(b) his forefinger and palm
(c) along and around the bone from his wrist to his little finger
(d) all his fingers

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the family meals a trial for Alice?

2. What was the name of the little girl in the ghost story published in Colliers?

3. What is the only thing that depresses Henry about living at Lamb House?

4. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?

5. Who helps Henry pick out furnishings for his house in Rye?

(see the answer key)

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