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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the house Sam finds?
(a) In a poor neighborhood.
(b) In an apartment building.
(c) In a slum.
(d) In a suburb of Baltimore.

2. What does Sam say when Louie confesses to him?
(a) He does not believe her.
(b) He has to report her.
(c) He was going to do it himself.
(d) She did the right thing.

3. Why does the Pollit family have to leave Georgetown?
(a) They are no longer welcome there.
(b) They are following Sam to a new appointment.
(c) They have too many debts there.
(d) It is too expensive.

4. What does Sam say about Ernie's character?
(a) He has matured.
(b) His morals have disimproved.
(c) He has lost his senses.
(d) He has gone rotten.

5. Now that we have read the ending, the book's title 'The Man Who Loved Children' could be seen __________.
(a) As metaphorical.
(b) As sympathetic.
(c) As ironic.
(d) As allegorical.

6. What does Sam think Louie's reaction will be if he reads her poetry?
(a) She will be pleased.
(b) She will stop thinking of herself as so superior.
(c) She will be mortified.
(d) She will be honored.

7. How do things change in the house after Sam returns home?
(a) Henny moves out.
(b) Everything in the house gets a new Malay name.
(c) Sam moves in all of his Eastern furniture.
(d) Sam spends a lot of time writing letters.

8. What had Sam brought back from Malaysia in the crates?
(a) Small animals and biological samples.
(b) Vases and silks.
(c) Books and illustrations.
(d) Trinkets and worthless things.

9. What happens to Bonnie in the end of the book?
(a) She comes back to the house.
(b) She marries Sam.
(c) She is institutionalized.
(d) She runs away.

10. How does the narrator characterize Hassie's house?
(a) Energetic.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Busy.

11. What does Bonnie tell Sam?
(a) She wants to die.
(b) She will never see the baby's father.
(c) She will marry him.
(d) She will get married.

12. What does Louie tell her father she wants to do?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Kill Henny.
(d) Leave Spa House.

13. Sam pays for ______________.
(a) Bonnie to get married.
(b) The baby's needs.
(c) More news of Colonel Willets.
(d) The baby to be taken away.

14. What does Henny say she wishes the children would do?
(a) Chip in on chores.
(b) Die.
(c) Take care of themselves.
(d) Finish their homework.

15. What does Henny take from Ernie?
(a) His set of keys.
(b) His lead.
(c) His savings.
(d) Her old coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Sam in mid-summer?

2. What does Louie see when she looks into Henny's room?

3. What does Saul Pilgrim talk about when he comes to visit?

4. What is Henny's response when Sam confronts her?

5. According to the narrator, Saul Pilgrim is the only person who will ______________.

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