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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 will Mathilda have to help Amanda do involving her pregnancy?
(a) Kill the baby.
(b) Deliver her baby.
(c) Keep it a secret.
(d) Keep her baby.

2. When Amanda clings to Ruth, what emotion is Amanda drowning in?
(a) Hate.
(b) Grief.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Joy.

3. How old is Ruth in April 1920?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

4. Who reports a missing person to Sheriff Kuhtz?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Carl.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Ruth.

5. Who walks on two canes?
(a) Rudy.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Carl.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a game at school, where does Imogene hide?

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

3. What do Carl and Ruth do on Saturdays?

4. Whom does Amanda want to buy out of their half of the farm?

5. Where does Amanda go in order to check on Imogene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Amanda and Clement meet?

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

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

4. What does Theresa do during the day?

5. Discuss the narration in Part 1, Chapter 1.

6. Discuss the role of religion in Part 1, Chapter 5.

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

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

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

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

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