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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Amanda to become worried in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) She fears Carl has died.
(b) She thinks she has driven Carl away.
(c) She fears Ruth has died.
(d) She thinks Carl will take Ruth.

2. Who creates a plan involving Amanda's baby?
(a) Joe.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Mathilda.

3. Who offers to type the letters that Imogene leaves for Ruth?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Carl.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Mrs. Owens.

4. Ruth suggests that she and Amanda go to ___________________ in Part 2, Chapter 19?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Boston.
(d) Nevada.

5. What is Carl's secret?
(a) Murdering a friend.
(b) Lifelong cowardice.
(c) Rage.
(d) Lifelong shyness.

6. Who is calm when Amanda goes into labor?
(a) Carl.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Joe.

7. Who watches Ruth pack before she leaves town?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Carl.

8. Whose influence does Ruth want to be free of?
(a) Imogene's.
(b) Mathilda's.
(c) Amanda's.
(d) Carl's.

9. What are Amanda's feelings while watching Clement swim?
(a) She hates it.
(b) She enjoys it.
(c) It depresses her.
(d) It angers her.

10. Amanda resents people thinking they have the right to _________________.
(a) Comment on Mathilda's death.
(b) Comment on her thumb.
(c) Comment on Ruth's looks.
(d) Comment on Imogene's looks.

11. All of the summer boys dote on _________.
(a) Mathilda.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Amanda.

12. Whose body heat revives Ruth after falling through the ice?
(a) Carl's.
(b) Imogene's.
(c) Amanda's.
(d) Mathilda's.

13. Who dictates a letter to Imogene?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Theresa.

14. For whom does Ruth begin to have feelings?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Clement.
(d) Arthur.

15. Who excels at shorthand, typing, and accounting?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What washes ashore in Part 2, Chapter 20?

2. Who becomes jealous of Imogene's job with Mrs. Owen?

3. Where does Amanda wait while Ruth talks to Imogene about the letter?

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

5. Who disappears without a word?

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