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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who disciplines Ruth with a wooden spoon?
(a) Hilda.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Rudy.
(d) Car.

2. Who asks Amanda to come home in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Rudy.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Carl.
(d) Mathilda.

3. How many girls are said to eat lunch together at school?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) A dozen.

4. Who is somewhat irritated by Ruth's relationship with Carl?
(a) Rudy.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Amanda.

5. What does Clement invent?
(a) A dish rack.
(b) A vacuum cleaner to clean household items.
(c) A vacuum box used to sterilize needles.
(d) A magazine stand.

6. As a child, what does Ruth believe her mother to be?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A fairy.
(c) An Indian.
(d) An angel.

7. What word best describes the house that Clement and Theresa build?
(a) Small.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Impressive.
(d) Ugly.

8. What town does Amanda work in?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Milwaukee.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Atlanta.

9. Who cannot face returning to the island?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Carl.

10. Who says there are things that children need not know?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Imogene.

11. What does Amanda realize about Imogene when visiting her?
(a) She has pneumonia.
(b) She has scarlet fever.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She has the flu.

12. Who looks down upon Carl?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father-in-law.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

13. What do the boys and girls play in order to get a glimpse at each other's underwear or to get a kiss from each other?
(a) Dodge ball.
(b) Jump rope.
(c) Hide-and-seek.
(d) Tag.

14. Whom does Hilda begin to take care of?
(a) Mathilda.
(b) Carl.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Imogene.

15. Who is badgered into moving to the island?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Joe.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Mathilda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Ruth out on Fridays?

2. Who drops Clement's vacuum idea?

3. What does Amanda teach Ruth to do in Part 2, Chapter 10?

4. What does Carl compare the lake to when talking with Ruth?

5. Who chastises Carl for not having Ruth properly toilet trained?

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