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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 has a heart ailment?

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

3. Who cannot face returning to the island?

4. Who looks down upon Carl?

5. What causes Amanda to be sick in Part 1, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Amanda's visits to the Bait and Tackle shop.

2. How do Ruth and Imogene become friends?

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

4. What occurs when Clement prepares to go to Washington?

5. Who is Hilda Grossman? What is her role in the novel?

6. What does Theresa do during the day?

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

8. Discuss the Lakeridge School.

9. Discuss the wedding of Carl and Mathilda.

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

Compare and contrast the relationship between Arthur and Imogene with that of Arthur and Ruth.

Essay Topic 3

The narration of the novel switches between that of Ruth, Amanda, and Carl. Discuss the positive and negative effects of the changes in narration in the novel.

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