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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. How old is Ruth in April 1920?

2. Who is badgered into moving to the island?

3. What does Amanda keep in order to remember Mathilda?

4. Who takes Ruth out on Fridays?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Ruth and Imogene discuss about their mothers?

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

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

5. How do Ruth and Imogene become friends?

6. What causes a doctor to recommend that Amanda should go to St. Michael's?

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

8. What happens on March 27, 1919?

9. Compare Ruth's popularity at school to Imogene's.

10. What does Amanda recall about little Ruth in Part 2, Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Character description plays an important role in the book. Discuss and describe how character descriptions are used throughout the book and their impact on readers and the book as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Ruth and Carl and the changes it encounters throughout the story.

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