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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 Clement contemplate in Part, 1, Chapter 5?
(a) His mother.
(b) His marriage to Theresa.
(c) His break-up with Amanda.
(d) His children.

2. How long does it take for Amanda, Carl, and Ruth to adjust and settle in as a family?
(a) A year or two.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two months.

3. Whom does Carl invite to dinner in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Joe Tully.
(d) Imogene.

4. Whose comments cause Carl's suspicions of Mathilda's drowning to rise?
(a) Eliza's.
(b) Amanda's.
(c) Hilda's.
(d) Ruth's.

5. What do the boys and girls play in order to get a glimpse at each other's underwear or to get a kiss from each other?
(a) Dodge ball.
(b) Jump rope.
(c) Tag.
(d) Hide-and-seek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cries for her mother in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. Who is badgered into moving to the island?

3. Who cannot face returning to the island?

4. Who refrains from commenting on Ruth's friendship with Imogene?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

2. Discuss the wedding of Carl and Mathilda.

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

4. What does Clement convince Theresa to invest in?

5. What does Theresa do during the day?

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

7. Discuss Carl's and Ruth's relationship when Carl returns home.

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

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

10. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

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