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

2. Whom is Ruth speaking with as the novel opens?
(a) Joe.
(b) Carl.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Amanda.

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

4. Where does Amanda want to run away to in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) A hospital.
(b) The island.
(c) The library.
(d) A convent.

5. Imogene talks Ruth into taking______________ to the island.
(a) Jacob and Ellis.
(b) Harrison and Todd.
(c) Joe and Ray.
(d) Lewis and Ray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of book does Amanda have?

2. Where does Clement prepare to go in Part 1, Chapter 4?

3. What does Theresa raise money for in Part 1, Chapter 5?

4. Whom does Hilda begin to take care of?

5. Who has a heart ailment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amanda recall about little Ruth in Part 2, Chapter 10?

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

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

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

5. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

6. How do Amanda's parents die?

7. Discuss Ruth's thoughts of her mother while at the island with her friends?

8. Where does Ruth often take Imogene to visit?

9. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

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

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