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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. Who dictates a letter to Imogene?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Amanda.

2. What causes Amanda to become worried in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) She fears Carl has died.
(b) She fears Ruth has died.
(c) She thinks Carl will take Ruth.
(d) She thinks she has driven Carl away.

3. 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 not Ruth's aunt.
(d) She is Imogene's aunt.

4. Where do Ruth and Imogene agree to meet in Part 2, Chapter 19?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) The Bait and Tackle Shop.
(c) The Post Office.
(d) The train station.

5. Amanda resents people thinking they have the right to _________________.
(a) Comment on Ruth's looks.
(b) Comment on Mathilda's death.
(c) Comment on her thumb.
(d) Comment on Imogene's looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Ruth begin to have feelings?

2. What is Carl's secret?

3. How many laps does Clement swim before becoming exhausted when on the lake with Amanda?

4. What will Amanda not allow Carl to do?

5. Whose body heat revives Ruth after falling through the ice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the letter that Ruth writes to Imogene.

3. How do Amanda and Ruth survive the fall into the ice that kills Mathilda?

4. Discuss the relationship between Imogene, Arthur, and Ruth.

5. Discuss Carl's trip to the Cathedral.

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

7. What happens at the new dance pavilion?

8. Discuss Amanda's trip to Clements.

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

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

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