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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 is considered to be uppity at Mathilda's birth?

2. Who is missing in Part 1,Chapter 2?

3. Who considers becoming a nun?

4. Who reports a missing person to Sheriff Kuhtz?

5. Where does Amanda have puncture wounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clement convince Theresa to invest in?

4. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

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

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

7. Discuss the narration in Part 1, Chapter 1.

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

9. Discuss Carl's trip to the island.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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