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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. How does Bailey feel about being in jail with Henry?
(a) He does not mind being in jail with an author.
(b) He is irritated by him.
(c) He hates being in jail with him.
(d) He is delighted to be in jail with an author.

2. Waldo, who is clearly quite old, is losing his senses, mistakes what for a person?
(a) A shadow.
(b) His umbrella.
(c) His overcoat.
(d) A post.

3. Why does Ellen not marry John?
(a) She does not love him.
(b) Her father objects.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She loves Henry.

4. Who does Waldo say "were trying to buy popularity?"
(a) His students.
(b) College professors.
(c) Roman emperors.
(d) The members of his congregation.

5. For what does Henry propose to work?
(a) Food.
(b) A small garden in the back property.
(c) A piece of Waldo's property in the woods, so that he can conduct an "experiment."
(d) A small Salary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?

2. Why is Deacon Ball, the Chair of the Concord School Committee, shocked at what Henry has been discussing with his class?

3. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?

4. What does Henry tell Bailey he drinks?

5. What do Henry and Bailey see outside the window of the cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Waldo's reaction to Henry's arrest?

2. What does Baily ask of Henry? What is Henry's response?

3. How does Henry show that he cares about his brother and his brother's feelings?

4. How does Henry show affection for Lydian? What is her response?

5. What does Edward tell his mother when he and Henry return? What is his reasoning for this?

6. How does Henry react to how Bailey handles his time in jail?

7. What does Henry say about humanity's effect on the environment?

8. Describe the scene when Sam Staples tells him he must pay his property taxes?

9. What does Henry think of retirement?

10. How are Henry's Sunday rituals very different from many in town?

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