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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Ruth's pen name?
(a) Flen.
(b) Fleet.
(c) Floy.
(d) Fort.
2. Who does Hyacinth ask to convince Ruth to find another line of work?
(a) Mrs. Hall.
(b) Mrs. Waters.
(c) Mrs. Millet.
(d) Dr. Hall.
3. Who sends Ruth a proposal in a fan letter?
(a) An old high school sweetheart.
(b) A southern gentleman.
(c) A lonely old man.
(d) A prisoner.
4. What does Mr. Lescom complain about Ruth's columns in Chapter LXX?
(a) They are too juvenile.
(b) They are boring.
(c) They are too short.
(d) They are obviously from a woman's perspective.
5. What is Mr. Walter's opinion of Ruth as a writer?
(a) She is a genius.
(b) Her writing has its flaws, but she has interesting ideas.
(c) Her writing style is unique.
(d) She is an acquired taste.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mr. Tibbetts do when he finds out Ruth is leaving The Pilgrim?
2. Once she begins working for Mr. Walter, what does Ruth NOT spend any of her time doing?
3. What does Mr. Walter chastise Mr. Lescom for in a letter in Chapter LXXI?
4. What does Mrs. Waters fancy herself as?
5. What makes Mrs. Hall think Ruth might be desperate enough to give up one of her daughters in Chapter LVII?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mrs. Millet have a conversation about with her husband in Chapter XLIV?
2. What does Ruth travel to City Hall to do in Chapter LI?
3. What two offers does Ruth receive in Chapter LXXII?
4. In Chapter LIII when Mrs. Skiddy finds her husband has not returned home from work, where does she find him?
5. What happens when two of Ruth's friends come to visit in Chapter XLI?
6. What sends a shudder down Ruth's spine in Chapter LIV?
7. What does Mr. Walter talk Ruth into doing in Chapter LXXVI?
8. Who does Katy meet after leaving her grandfather's home in Chapter XLV?
9. Who does Chapter LXXIV focus on?
10. What does Ruth worry about despite having found a newspaper to publish her work in Chapter LXII?
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