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

2. What does Carl make as a going away present?
(a) A bluebird house.
(b) A table.
(c) A candle.
(d) A bookcase.

3. Who is considered to be uppity at Mathilda's birth?
(a) Mathilda's mother.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Amanda.

4. Who is unable to be comforted in Part, 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Carl.
(d) Hilda.

5. Who comes between Amanda and Mathilda?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Carl.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drops Clement's vacuum idea?

2. Whom does Ruth sit with during lunch at school?

3. Who is lazy about chores?

4. Who is somewhat irritated by Ruth's relationship with Carl?

5. What causes Amanda to be sick in Part 1, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

2. What happens on March 27, 1919?

3. How do Ruth and Imogene become friends?

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

5. What is Amanda's reaction to Ruth being at the island?

6. Discuss the adjustment for Amanda, Carl, and Ruth to become a family.

7. How do Amanda's parents die?

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

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

10. Why does Amanda go to live with Mathilda?

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