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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Henry spend time that summer in Chapter 6?
(a) on a vist to America
(b) in Ireland
(c) in Venice
(d) in the villages of the Suffolk coast

2. What French author did Henry enjoy reading?
(a) Balzac
(b) Guy de Maupassant
(c) Racine
(d) Victor Hugo

3. What did Florence Letts' daughter do that touched Henry?
(a) She spoke of her love for animals.
(b) She embraced him and fell asleep in his lap.
(c) She told him he was kind and compared him to her father.
(d) She was very loving to her mother.

4. What story was one of the delights of Henry's childhood?
(a) the story of his father's wooden leg
(b) the story of Alice in Wonderland
(c) the his mother's childhood
(d) the story of Rip Van Winkle

5. What would his friend, Constance Fenimore Woolson, have done about the Smiths?
(a) dismissed them at the first sign of inebriation
(b) persuaded them to go without rancor, or to reform
(c) let them stay on and would have hoped for the best
(d) made it so unpleasant for them they would want to leave

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry's friend, Lily Norton, like?

2. What problem does Henry have with the Smiths which forces him to fire them?

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

4. What did Florence Lett's daughter look like and what was she wearing during her mother's visit to Lamb House?

5. What did Henry's mother do to prevent Henry from joining the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Henry bring along with him from London to continue in his hire?

2. Who was Cabot Russell and what happened to him?

3. Who helps Henry choose furnishings for his house and what problem develops with that person?

4. Who is Hendrick Andersen and what is Henry's relationship with him?

5. What transpires when Hendrick visits Henry at Lamb House?

6. What does Florence Lett's daughter do and what effect does it have on Henry?

7. What happens that develops a relationship between Henry and Mrs. Smith that's too intimate for a boss and his servant?

8. What location in Rome do Hendrick and Henry visit together and what is the significance of the visit?

9. What do Henry and his friend, Perry, do during the first summer of the Civil War and what is the effect on them?

10. Where does Constance go after Florence and what is also upsetting to Constance besides her depression?

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