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

2. Who cannot face returning to the island?

3. What do Ruth and her friends find open on the island?

4. Who is Amanda unable to reach while dreaming?

5. Who shows symptoms of nausea, tiredness, and a lack of coordination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the wedding of Carl and Mathilda.

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

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

4. Why can't Amanda face returning to the island?

5. What happens during Carl's visit to Mathilda's grave?

6. Discuss the conversation Ruth and Amanda have as the novel opens.

7. Why does Amanda go to live with Mathilda?

8. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

9. Discuss Ruth's thoughts of her mother while at the island with her friends?

10. What happens on the morning when Ruth cries for her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many flashbacks throughout the novel involving the drowning of Mathilda. Discuss the role that flashbacks have on the story and how they are used.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the friendship between Ruth and Imogene and the effect it has on each of them as well as those around them.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of dialogue in the novel and the effects it has on the story as well as the relationship that readers have with characters.

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