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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 many girls are said to eat lunch together at school?

2. During a game at school, where does Imogene hide?

3. Where does Clement leave Theresa in in Part, 1, Chapter 5?

4. Who disciplines Ruth with a wooden spoon?

5. Who looks down upon Carl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Amanda, Mathilda, and Rudy end up on the island?

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

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

8. What happens on March 27, 1919?

9. Discuss the dream Amanda has involving Mathilda.

10. Who is Bert Weiss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Setting is heavily used in "Drowning Ruth." Discuss and explain how dialogue is used in the story and why it plays such a large role. Cite examples from the text in order to support your response.

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