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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Josephine Pollit?
(a) Lanky and aloof.
(b) Fat and slow.
(c) Short and plump.
(d) Tall with blond hair.

2. What is Beulah's family business?
(a) Selling dry goods.
(b) Selling horses and cattle.
(c) Butchering chickens.
(d) Selling produce and farm products.

3. What worries Sam about leaving Henny in charge of the house while he is gone?
(a) Henny's sick father.
(b) Henny's health.
(c) Henny's hatred for Louie.
(d) Henny's irresponsibility.

4. Who is Josephine Pollit?
(a) Sam's aunt.
(b) Sam's mother.
(c) Sam's cousin.
(d) Sam's older sister.

5. What does Sam tell Louie about?
(a) His affairs and her mother's anger.
(b) The impending divorce.
(c) The brilliance of her future.
(d) The suffering in his marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Togoha House?

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

3. How does Henny refer to the heart of Washington D.C.?

4. Where does Beulah live?

5. What have Henny and Hazel Moore been arguing over?

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