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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. Who never asks about Amanda's thumb?

2. Who disappears without a word?

3. Who is calm when Amanda goes into labor?

4. Where does Clement prepare to return to in Part 2, Chapter 12?

5. Whom do Imogene and Ruth hope to meet at the new dance pavilion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Amanda and Clement do while on the lake?

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

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

5. Discuss Amanda's trip to Clements.

6. What does Ruth learn about Imogene?

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

8. What happens when Clement disappears without a word?

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

10. Why doesn't Ruth go to Chicago with Imogene as planned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the organization of Part 1 of the novel with that of Part 2. How do the sections differ? Why does the author divide the novel into two parts?

Essay Topic 2

Character description plays an important role in the book. Discuss and describe how character descriptions are used throughout the book and their impact on readers and the book as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the genre of "Drowning Ruth." Cite at least three examples from the story that cause the book to be categorized in this particular genre.

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