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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. How does Henny say she thinks of Louie?

2. What does Norman Collyer tell Henny?

3. How does the narrator say Henny treats Louie when she takes the children to Washington D.C. for shoes?

4. What does Sam say he would like to create?

5. What state is Monocacy in when the Pollits arrive there in Chapter 5, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Louie's personality?

2. Compare and contrast Louie with Henny's brother Barry.

3. Describe Louie's visit to Mrs. Kydd's house.

4. How do the two trips, to Harper's Ferry and to Monocacy, show us different sides of Louie's character?

5. What does Henny find when she arrives at Monocacy?

6. How does the narrator characterize Sam?

7. How is Louie treated in the Pollit household?

8. Describe the trip to Washington D.C. to buy shoes for the children.

9. Describe Sam and Henny's conversation at the end of Chapter 4.

10. What is Louie's relationship with Beulah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent is Louie's tale every woman's tale? To what extent is it uniquely Louie's own story? How can we extrapolate from this story to discuss the experiences of girls and women in general?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Louie's character reveals aspects of other characters, in their meanness or friendliness to her. How does Louie's murdering Henny change how characters see her?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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