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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. All of the summer boys dote on _________.

2. Who is calm when Amanda goes into labor?

3. For whom does Ruth begin to have feelings?

4. Whom will Amanda give her baby to when it is born?

5. What does Amanda do when telling Clement the truth about them being Imogene's parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss Carl's trip to the Cathedral.

5. What happens when Clement disappears without a word?

6. What happens when Ruth goes to talk to Imogene after Imogene reads the letter from Arthur?

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

8. What does Ruth learn about Imogene?

9. What do Amanda and Clement do while on the lake?

10. What happens at the new dance pavilion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many flashbacks throughout the novel involving the drowning of Mathilda. Discuss the role that flashbacks have on the story and how they are used.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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