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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: October 1899.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Lord Houghton?
(a) a distant relative of Henry's
(b) an old friend of Henry's
(c) lord lieutenant, representing the queen in Ireland
(d) an English lord who dabbled in writing

2. Which of Henry's cousins joined the army in the first year of the war?
(a) Jim and Harry Temple
(b) Gus Barker and William Temple
(c) Bob Temple and Joseph Barker
(d) William Barker and Gus Temple

3. What does William, Henry's brother, do which Henry views as an insult?
(a) He compares Henry unfavorably with Hawthorne.
(b) He criticizes Henry's servants at Lamb House.
(c) He praises Oscar Wilde's plays to Henry.
(d) He refuses the offer to stay in Henry's Kensington flat.

4. How did Henry's father lose his leg?
(a) in a fire
(b) in a hunting accident
(c) falling from the second story of a barn
(d) in a carriage accident

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Henry decide to travel to Ireland?

2. What profession did Henry's friend, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., have?

3. What was the name of the doctor who examined Henry?

4. Where did Henry spend time that summer in Chapter 6?

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

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