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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Henny say she would like to do to Sam?
2. What is Louie like when her parents are around?
3. What is Togoha House?
4. What does Henny's friend say is the crux of her problems?
5. When does Henny say she was tricked?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the financial state of the Pollit household?
2. How does Hazel Moore disappoint Henny?
3. What might be being foreshadowed in Chapters 3 and 4?
4. How does Henny get reprieve from the children at Tohoga House?
5. Describe the trip to Washington D.C. to buy shoes for the children.
6. What does Bert Anderson tell Henny?
7. Describe Henny's relationship with relation to the children?
8. Describe Henny's relationship with Bert Anderson.
9. What is Louie's relationship with Beulah?
10. Describe Louie's visit to Mrs. Kydd's house.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 2
'The Man Who Loved Children' is in many ways a coming-of-age story about an artist. How does Stead use the coming-of-age story for her purposes, and how does Louie's coming of age as a writer differ from other comings of age?
Essay Topic 3
Louie keeps a journal and writes down her own version of the story the narrator is ostensibly telling. How does this narrative within a narrative complicate or clarify our understanding of the story? What other gestures of self-awareness are there in the book? Do the characters ever seem to be aware of being characters? Does the author reveal herself and speak directly to the reader? What is the role of writing, in itself, in 'The Man Who Loved Children'?
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