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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is noted about Lanford's eyes when Ruth sees him at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) They are swimming in tears.
(b) They are sleepy.
(c) They are bloodshot.
(d) They are bright and cheery.

2. What does Senator Simon Adams deliver in Chapter 1?
(a) Healing chicken stock.
(b) A pie baked by his mother.
(c) A ticket to California.
(d) Some old clothes and rags.

3. What is Senator Simon Adams terrified of?
(a) Monsters.
(b) The dark.
(c) Fire.
(d) The sea.

4. What does Ruth write to Mary about in Chapter 2?
(a) How she hates being home.
(b) Puberty.
(c) How she wishes she were wealthy so she could travel the world.
(d) The relief she feels at being home.

5. Why doesn't Simon attend the funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) He is away on business.
(b) He hated the deceased.
(c) Because of his phobia.
(d) He is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Ebbett had lived long enough, how would he have felt about Ruth?

2. When do the men on the islands go to war?

3. Who does Ruth stay with when her parents go away for a short time in Chapter 1?

4. Who is Senator Simon Adams' twin?

5. How are the men on the islands described?

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