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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 has Imogene done for Ruth by being around her?

2. Who is nonchalant about the disappearance that occurs in Part 2, Chapter 18?

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

4. Who never asks about Amanda's thumb?

5. Whom does Carl question in Part 2, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the letter that Ruth writes to Imogene.

3. Discuss the paying job Carl gets.

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

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

6. Discuss the letter Amanda finds.

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

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

9. What happens when Amanda goes into labor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motives and motivations behind Amanda giving her daughter to Mary Louise.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of "Drowning Ruth." Cite at least three examples from the story that cause the book to be categorized in this particular genre.

Essay Topic 3

Ruth is the main character in the novel. She has many ideas involving the death of Mathilda, her mother. Discuss any foils that stand in Ruth's way when she tries to learn the truth about her mother's drowning.

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