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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 many laps does Clement swim before becoming exhausted when on the lake with Amanda?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. What do the low farm prices make people want to do in protest?
(a) Break eggs.
(b) Shut down their farms.
(c) Not sell their goods.
(d) Dump milk.

3. What is Carl's secret?
(a) Rage.
(b) Lifelong shyness.
(c) Murdering a friend.
(d) Lifelong cowardice.

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

5. Who becomes jealous of Imogene's job with Mrs. Owen?
(a) Carl.
(b) Clement.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Amanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mathilda ask Amanda about her pregnancy?

2. Whom does Carl intend to kill?

3. Who dictates a letter to Imogene?

4. Whose influence does Ruth want to be free of?

5. What does Imogene give Ruth for good luck?

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. What happens at the new dance pavilion?

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

4. Describe the letter that Ruth writes to Imogene.

5. What happens during Arthur and Ruth's time spent together in Part 2, Chapter 15?

6. Discuss Carl's trip to Clement's carriage house.

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

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

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

10. What does Ruth learn about Imogene?

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