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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news comes at the end of the celebration at Tohoga House?
(a) David Collyer is dead.
(b) Josephine Pollit is dead.
(c) Louie is missing.
(d) Archie Lessinum is dead.

2. What is Jo's main concern regarding Bonnie?
(a) She will do this again.
(b) She will have to live with her.
(c) She will need money.
(d) She will need round-the-clock care.

3. Louie says Spa House is filled with __________________.
(a) Promises.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Misery.
(d) Voices.

4. How long does Henny stay away from Spa House?
(a) A week.
(b) An afternoon.
(c) Two days.
(d) Ten days.

5. What does Henny snap at when she is in a foul mood?
(a) Miss Aiden for taking care of Louie.
(b) Louie for being dirty.
(c) Tommy for mouthing off.
(d) Sam for his infidelities.

6. What does Louie put in Henny's tea?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Engine coolant.
(d) Milk.

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

8. What does Josephine Pollit carry on about?
(a) The strain a new baby will place on the family finances.
(b) The beauty of the new baby.
(c) The disrepute Bonnie has brought to the family.
(d) The justice of retribution on Colonel Willets.

9. What does Saul Pilgrim talk about when he comes to visit?
(a) Politics.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Biology.
(d) Economics.

10. What is the state of Sam and Henny's relationship when Henny is making a gift for Cathleen?
(a) It's not clear to either of them, what with the move.
(b) It's healthier.
(c) It's the same as it ever was.
(d) It's disintegrated.

11. The boys think a marlin is a ___________.
(a) Joke
(b) Shark.
(c) Minnow.
(d) Shady deal.

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

13. What does Josephine Pollit tell the family about, when she comes to visit?
(a) Colonel Willets' new problems.
(b) Sam's job.
(c) Her affair.
(d) Bonnie.

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

15. Henny threatens Sam with _________.
(a) Kicking him out.
(b) Killing him.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Hurting Louie or Ernie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What embarrasses Louie about going to school?

2. What does Sam propose to Bonnie?

3. What does Sam offer Bonnie?

4. What does Cathleen love more than anything?

5. How does Clare approach her poverty?

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