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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amanda recall little Ruth wanting to do when she and Mathilda want to sleep?
(a) Scream.
(b) Sing.
(c) Swim.
(d) Eat.

2. What town does Amanda work in?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Cambridge.

3. What does Ruth play while alone at school?
(a) Jacks.
(b) Hop scotch.
(c) Jump rope.
(d) Marbles.

4. Whom is Ruth speaking with as the novel opens?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Carl.
(c) Joe.
(d) Imogene.

5. Who does not object when Amanda returns to her work at the hospital, accepting the worst assignments?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Amanda's father.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Amanda's mother.

6. Where does Amanda go in order to check on Imogene?
(a) The bait and tackle shop.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) Imogene's house.

7. Who shows symptoms of nausea, tiredness, and a lack of coordination?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Carl.
(d) Amanda.

8. How long do Mathilda and Carl date before marrying?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Four months.

9. Whom does Imogene consider being in a past life?
(a) A chipmunk.
(b) A pilgrim.
(c) Pocahontas.
(d) A bird.

10. What month does Mathilda and Carl get married in?
(a) June.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) March.

11. Who wants to own a store where the products are not alive?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Carl.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Ruth.

12. Where does Clement leave Theresa in in Part, 1, Chapter 5?
(a) At the store.
(b) At the lake.
(c) On the island.
(d) In bed.

13. Who dislikes Carl for not being able to take care of Ruth?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Carl.

14. Who is badgered into moving to the island?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Joe.
(d) Imogene.

15. Who teaches Amanda arithmetic?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Joe.
(d) Rudy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Amanda bring home with her?

2. Who is Amanda's little sister?

3. What causes Amanda to be sick in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. Who cannot face returning to the island?

5. What kind of party does Carl have in Part 1, Chapter 6?

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