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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clement contemplate in Part, 1, Chapter 5?

2. As a child, what does Ruth believe her mother to be?

3. Whom does Amanda prepare a room for after receiving a letter?

4. Ruth has nightmares of ______________.

5. Whom is Ruth speaking with as the novel opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ruth and Imogene become friends?

2. What happens on March 27, 1919?

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

4. Discuss Amanda's actions when Carl writes about returning home.

5. What happens on a hot July day in Part 2, Chapter 10?

6. What happens at the hospital when Carl and Ruth go to see Amanda?

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

8. How do Amanda, Mathilda, and Rudy end up on the island?

9. Where does Ruth often take Imogene to visit?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the relationship between Amanda and Ruth with that of Amanda and Imogene and the effects this has on the characters as well as the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of "Drowning Ruth." Cite at least three examples from the story that cause the book to be categorized in this particular genre.

Essay Topic 3

Setting is heavily used in "Drowning Ruth." Discuss and explain how dialogue is used in the story and why it plays such a large role. Cite examples from the text in order to support your response.

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