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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. Imogene recruits Ruth to beat ______________at marbles.
(a) Bubba Weiss.
(b) Jacob Weiss.
(c) Bert Weiss.
(d) Browning Weiss.

2. Who is lazy about chores?
(a) Carl.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Mathilda.

3. Whom does Amanda meet while helping to subdue Private Buckle?
(a) Clement.
(b) Joe.
(c) Carl.
(d) Rudy.

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

5. Where does Amanda work?
(a) The post office.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A law office.
(d) A bait and tackle shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school that Ruth attends?

2. Who does not object when Amanda returns to her work at the hospital, accepting the worst assignments?

3. What does Carl show Amanda that causes her to become nervous?

4. Where is Amanda sent in order to get rest?

5. What do Ruth and her friends find open on the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the conversation Ruth and Amanda have as the novel opens.

3. What does Ruth remember about the night she hid under the bed at the cabin?

4. Compare Ruth's popularity at school to Imogene's.

5. How do Amanda and Clement meet?

6. What happens on March 27, 1919?

7. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

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

9. Why does Amanda go to live with Mathilda?

10. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

(see the answer keys)

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