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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 gets Ruth teased regularly?
(a) Her dead tooth.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her long hair.
(d) Her short hair.

2. As the novel opens, Ruth insists that _____________.
(a) She fainted.
(b) She got divorced.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She was raped.

3. What does Imogene give Ruth when Ruth's tooth is pulled?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A hug.
(d) A nickel.

4. Who is nicknamed Amy?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Arlene.

5. Who chastises Carl for not having Ruth properly toilet trained?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Joe.
(c) Rudy.
(d) Hilda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a heart ailment?

2. Who is considered to be uppity at Mathilda's birth?

3. Who is Amanda unable to reach while dreaming?

4. What does Mathilda stare at for the first time in Part 2, Chapter 10?

5. When Amanda clings to Ruth, what emotion is Amanda drowning in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on March 27, 1919?

2. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

3. What occurs when Clement prepares to go to Washington?

4. Who is Hilda Grossman? What is her role in the novel?

5. What causes a doctor to recommend that Amanda should go to St. Michael's?

6. Who is Bert Weiss?

7. What do Ruth and Imogene discuss about their mothers?

8. Discuss Amanda's actions when Carl writes about returning home.

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

10. What happens during Carl's visit to Mathilda's grave?

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