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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. Where does Ruth hide when Amanda goes into labor?

2. For whom does Ruth begin to have feelings?

3. Whom does Ruth care for in Part 2, Chapter 20?

4. Where do Amanda and Clement go in Part 2, Chapter 15?

5. Whom will Amanda give her baby to when it is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Carl's trip to Clement's carriage house.

2. Discuss the plan Mathilda concocts involving Amanda and her pregnancy.

3. What happens after Imogene returns home after being away in Chicago?

4. What happens at the new dance pavilion?

5. Discuss the relationship between Imogene, Arthur, and Ruth.

6. Discuss the letter Amanda finds.

7. What happens during Arthur and Ruth's time spent together in Part 2, Chapter 15?

8. What happens when Ruth goes to talk to Imogene after Imogene reads the letter from Arthur?

9. How do Amanda and Ruth survive the fall into the ice that kills Mathilda?

10. What are Amanda's thoughts on her thumb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of dialogue in the novel and the effects it has on the story as well as the relationship that readers have with characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of mothers in the novel. Compare and contrast the mothering styles and abilities of Mathilda, Amanda, and Mary Louise.

Essay Topic 3

The idea of the protagonist and antagonist are discussed in the story when Amanda is considered the antagonist, and Ruth is the protagonist. Discuss the use of the protagonist and antagonist in the novel and how the usage affects the story as well as the readers.

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