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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 for good luck?
(a) The red marble.
(b) A picture frame.
(c) The blue marble.
(d) A locket.

2. What does Amanda admit to Ruth in Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) She is Ruth's mother.
(b) She is Imogene's mother.
(c) She is Imogene's aunt.
(d) She is not Ruth's aunt.

3. What happens to the letter that Imogene takes to Arthur?
(a) It gets stepped on.
(b) It falls into a mud puddle.
(c) It is torn to pieces.
(d) The wind pushes it into the lake.

4. If Ruth had come back off the ice the night Imogene was born, what relationship would Ruth and Imogene have had with each other?
(a) Best friends.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Cousins.

5. Who excels at shorthand, typing, and accounting?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Amanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who disappears without a word?

2. What washes ashore in Part 2, Chapter 20?

3. What does Ruth force herself to feel toward Arthur after the drive they take together?

4. What does Imogene lose faith in?

5. Who becomes jealous of Imogene's job with Mrs. Owen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Amanda goes into labor?

2. What do Amanda and Clement do while on the lake?

3. Discuss the plan Mathilda concocts involving Amanda and her pregnancy.

4. What happens when Ruth goes to talk to Imogene after Imogene reads the letter from Arthur?

5. Discuss Carl's trip to the Cathedral.

6. What happens at the new dance pavilion?

7. What does Amanda yell to Clement while they are on the lake? What does Amanda do after yelling to Clement?

8. Why doesn't Ruth go to Chicago with Imogene as planned?

9. Discuss Amanda's trip to Clements.

10. Describe the letter that Ruth writes to Imogene.

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