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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXI - XXX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth tease Daisy about when she is on the doorstep in Chapter XVI?
(a) Her silly laugh.
(b) Her wide smile.
(c) Her dirty hands.
(d) Her ugly playmate.

2. What do Ruth and Daisy spend much of their time doing in the summer?
(a) Baking sweets.
(b) Walking through fields.
(c) Making a quilt.
(d) Catching frogs and butterflies.

3. What treatment does Dr. Hall give Daisy when he arrives in Chapter XXII?
(a) He gives her medicine and waits by her side.
(b) He bleeds her.
(c) He doesn't give her any treatment.
(d) He bathes her in a hot mixture.

4. What is Mrs. Leon moved to tears with regret for?
(a) Having not married for love.
(b) Not becoming a nun.
(c) Not having more children.
(d) Not traveling when she had the chance.

5. What does the Halls' intrusion into his marriage inspire Harry to do?
(a) Move permanently into his parents' home with Ruth.
(b) Work hard to buy a house.
(c) Build an annex on his parents' property.
(d) Listen to his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Halls think the Ellet men are avoiding a discussion about in Chapter XXX?

2. How far from the city is the house that Ruth and Harry buy?

3. When does Daisy die?

4. What does Dr. Hall destroy at Harry's home in Chapter XV?

5. What does Mrs. Hall tell Ruth about after she has given birth?

(see the answer key)

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