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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: April 1898.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bob want to do?
(a) become an accountant
(b) open a dry goods store
(c) be a farmer
(d) be a fisherman

2. How did Henry's sister Alice react when her mother died?
(a) She rallied and tried to be the mother of the house.
(b) She became deathly ill and was hospitalized.
(c) She had a nervous breakdown.
(d) She stayed in her bedroom and mourned.

3. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?
(a) It was near and the people he visited hadn't seen his play.
(b) His ancestors had come from there.
(c) He wanted to write a novel about Ireland.
(d) He loved the landscape.

4. What did Henry and William have in common?
(a) were Minny Temple's admirers
(b) were their father's favorite sons
(c) didn't join the army and studied at Harvard
(d) were interested in fame, fortune and women

5. What did Henry like about Holmes Jr.?
(a) his steadfast friendship
(b) his honesty and forthrightness
(c) his wordiness and bursts of sermon-like phrases
(d) his intellectuality and solemness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Wolseley insinuate when assigning Hammond to serve Henry?

2. What idea for a story comes to Henry while riding to dinner at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. What did Henry's father say that Minny took exception to?

4. What situation leads Henry to compose a new story?

5. Who was Lord Houghton?

(see the answer key)

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