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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ruth go door-to-door in Chapter LIX?
(a) She begs for money.
(b) She has lost her purse.
(c) She is contacting newspaper editors.
(d) She is looking for her daughter.

2. What do Ruth's friends laugh about spending $50 on in Chapter XLI?
(a) A hankerchief.
(b) A dress collar.
(c) A yard of ribbon.
(d) A small trinket.

3. What does Mrs. Waters fancy herself as?
(a) A physician.
(b) A zoologist.
(c) A psychic.
(d) An artist.

4. Where does Horace Gates work?
(a) Water and Spring Magazine.
(b) Life Newspaper.
(c) Benton Paper.
(d) Irving Magazine.

5. What inspires Ruth to consider writing for a living?
(a) Reading an interesting article in the paper.
(b) A compliment concerning her writing skills from an acquaintance.
(c) Reading a novel.
(d) Seeing a paperboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hall convince Ruth to allow in Chapter LVII?

2. Why does Mrs. Hall cut off Katy's curls?

3. Who does Ruth find out sent she and her daughters the surprise deliver in Chapter XVIII?

4. How does Mr. Gates guess Hyacinth feels about Ruth?

5. Once she begins working for Mr. Walter, what does Ruth NOT spend any of her time doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Waters and what image does she have of herself?

2. What success does Ruth find in Chapter LXIV? Who is unhappy with her success?

3. What surprise do Ruth and her daughters receive in Chapter XLIII?

4. Who does Ruth find has died at the hospital for the insane?

5. What idea does Ruth come up with to earn a living in Chapter LVI? Who does she turn to for help?

6. What does Mr. Walter talk Ruth into doing in Chapter LXXVI?

7. What happens when two of Ruth's friends come to visit in Chapter XLI?

8. What are the contents of the two fan letters Ruth reads in Chapter LXV?

9. Who is John Walter and what does he offer Ruth in Chapter LXVIII?

10. Why does the boarding house housemaid quit her job in Chapter XLVII?

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