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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. What causes Amanda to be sick in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Mathilda's death.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) Carl taking Ruth away.

2. What does Carl compare the lake to when talking with Ruth?
(a) A dream.
(b) A giant bathtub.
(c) Crystals.
(d) An ocean.

3. Who refrains from commenting on Ruth's friendship with Imogene?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Carl.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Clement.

4. What shape is the scar around Amanda's thumb?
(a) Claw shaped.
(b) Moon shaped.
(c) Sun shaped.
(d) Star shaped.

5. Who finds it wrong to lie to Ruth?
(a) Joe.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Carl.
(d) Amanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl make as a going away present?

2. Who is patronizing about money in Part, 1, Chapter 5?

3. Who is Amanda's little sister?

4. Who asks Amanda to come home in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. Who is Hilda Grossman's cousin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on a hot July day in Part 2, Chapter 10?

2. What are Amanda's thoughts involving her pregnancy?

3. How do Amanda's parents die?

4. Why does Amanda go to live with Mathilda?

5. What is recalled about Amanda when Mathilda is born?

6. How do Amanda, Mathilda, and Rudy end up on the island?

7. Discuss Amanda's visits to the Bait and Tackle shop.

8. What is Ruth's behavior toward Hilda?

9. What causes Hilda to finally leave Carl's?

10. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

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