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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Norman Collyer tell Henny?
(a) She should forget their parents.
(b) He is glad to help her.
(c) She needs to learn how to live with what she has.
(d) He cannot recommend those books for her.

2. Who is Archie Lessinum?
(a) Old Ellen's son-in-law.
(b) Henny's cousin.
(c) Henny's old boyfriend.
(d) A housekeeper at Monocacy.

3. Why doesn't Sam tell Henny this news?
(a) She is about to go into labor.
(b) She doesn't want to know it.
(c) She will ruin the party.
(d) He is saving it for the right moment.

4. Who is Henny's favorite?
(a) Louie.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Evie.
(d) Ernie.

5. How does Clare approach her poverty?
(a) By laughing at it.
(b) By shrinking inside herself.
(c) By letting people walk all over her.
(d) By apologizing all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Sam about leaving Henny in charge of the house while he is gone?

2. What does Henny snap at when she is in a foul mood?

3. How does Henny use the friend she meets in Washington D.C.?

4. What do Henny and Old Ellen talk about?

5. How does the narrator characterize the relationship between Henny and her friend?

(see the answer key)

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