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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. What are the names of Ebbett's sons?

2. Who officiates the wedding of Stan and Mary?

3. What is noted about Lanford's eyes when Ruth sees him at the end of Chapter 3?

4. Who is described as being an aggressive lobsterman?

5. How are the men on the islands described?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the men on the islands described?

2. Who is Mary? What does the reader learn of Mary's past in Chapter 4?

3. What do Simon and Ruth talk about as they watch Webster in Chapter 2?

4. Who dies in Chapter 1? How does this death impact the other characters?

5. How does Simon try to help Rhonda in Chapter 1?

6. Where and when is the novel "Stern Men" set?

7. What happens in Chapter 4 when Ruth tells Stan and Angus about the money Lanford gave her?

8. Describe Ruth's childhood as described in Chapter 1.

9. What do Ruth, Cal and Toby talk about while on the New Hope in Chapter 5?

10. What does Cal complain about when he finds Ruth in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Stern Men". Describe Ruth's relationship with her father and mother. Describe the Pommeroy and Ellis families.

Essay Topic 2

What marriages are examined in the novel? What causes the end of Stan's and Mary's marriage? How had the Ellis' felt about their marriage in the first place? Who had Rhonda wanted Ruth to marry and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of separation in the novel "Stern Men". Who is separated from one another in the novel? How do these separations impact the relationships of the characters involved? Who is Ruth separated from in the novel? How does she feel about this separation and how does it impact her?

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