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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 insistent for Ruth to forge a letter?

2. Whom does Ruth care for in Part 2, Chapter 20?

3. Who dismisses the idea of Clement having feelings for Imogene?

4. Amanda takes a rowboat to go and see _____________.

5. What happens to the letter that Imogene takes to Arthur?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Amanda's trip to Clements.

2. What are Amanda's thoughts on her thumb?

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

4. Discuss the paying job Carl gets.

5. What happens when Clement disappears without a word?

6. What happens during Arthur and Ruth's time spent together in Part 2, Chapter 15?

7. What happens when Amanda goes into labor?

8. How do Amanda and Ruth survive the fall into the ice that kills Mathilda?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 Ruth and Carl and the changes it encounters throughout the story.

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