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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. What are Amanda's feelings while watching Clement swim?

2. Amanda resents people thinking they have the right to _________________.

3. If Ruth had come back off the ice the night Imogene was born, what relationship would Ruth and Imogene have had with each other?

4. Who excels at shorthand, typing, and accounting?

5. What will Amanda not allow Carl to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Carl's trip to the Cathedral.

2. What does Amanda yell to Clement while they are on the lake? What does Amanda do after yelling to Clement?

3. Discuss the plan Mathilda concocts involving Amanda and her pregnancy.

4. Discuss the letter Amanda finds.

5. What happens when Amanda goes into labor?

6. Discuss the paying job Carl gets.

7. What happens after Imogene returns home after being away in Chicago?

8. Why doesn't Ruth go to Chicago with Imogene as planned?

9. Discuss the relationship between Imogene, Arthur, and Ruth.

10. Discuss Carl's trip to Clement's carriage house.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Amanda and Clement throughout the story. Why does Amanda end up hating him when she once loved him?

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