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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. Whom does Amanda want to buy out of their half of the farm?

3. What does Imogene give Ruth when Ruth's tooth is pulled?

4. Who is Amanda unable to reach while dreaming?

5. What type of book does Amanda have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Hilda to finally leave Carl's?

2. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

3. Discuss the role of religion in Part 1, Chapter 5.

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

5. How do Amanda and Clement meet?

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

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

8. How do Ruth and Imogene become friends?

9. What does Clement convince Theresa to invest in?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motives and motivations behind Amanda giving her daughter to Mary Louise.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between the island and the lake in the novel. Support your answer by citing examples from the text in order to explain how and why the two are related in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of mothers in the novel. Compare and contrast the mothering styles and abilities of Mathilda, Amanda, and Mary Louise.

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