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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: May 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had happened when Henry walked with his father on the beach in Boulogne?
(a) He and his father bonded for the first time.
(b) Henry fell in love with the city of Boulogne.
(c) Henry saved a drowning girl.
(d) His father watched a female bather too intensely.

2. What did Henry like about Americans?
(a) their tolerance of others
(b) their Yankee practicality
(c) their yearning openness and readiness for experience
(d) their independence and love of freedom

3. What hadn't he done for a long time because of his painful hand?
(a) had a good night's sleep
(b) kept up with the serialized novel he was writing
(c) eaten any steak or food he had to cut with a knife
(d) written any serious letters

4. What favor had Mrs. Smith asked of Henry when in his employ in London?
(a) that her ill sister could stay at Henry's while he was away
(b) that Henry substantially raise hers and her husband's pay
(c) that Henry hire her daughter also
(d) that Henry lend her a sum of money

5. Who is John Gray?
(a) another of Minny's suitors, a military man and intellectual
(b) a man Henry fell in love with in his youth
(c) Henry's cousin
(d) a fellow novelist

Short Answer Questions

1. What fort was Wilky's regiment sent to attack?

2. What possession of Henry's brother, Wilky, had such a powerful effect on him and influenced his writing?

3. What did Henry and William have in common?

4. How was the only child guest at the Royal hospital dressed for the costume ball?

5. What prestigious club in London did Henry want to join?

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