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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 Nettie pleading for while her grandfather is dining on the other side of the city?
(a) A little more food.
(b) A chance to sleep.
(c) A new pair of shoes.
(d) A job.

2. What are Ruth and her daughters surprised by a deliver of in Chapter XVIII?
(a) Flowers and apples.
(b) New material for dresses.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) A puppy.

3. What is Ruth's pen name?
(a) Floy.
(b) Fleet.
(c) Flen.
(d) Fort.

4. Where does Ruth ask Katy to go alone in Chapter XLV?
(a) To the church.
(b) To her grandfather's house.
(c) To the forest.
(d) To the store.

5. Who is Mr. Ellet having dinner with in Chapter LXI?
(a) A clergyman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A gentleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Skiddy warn her husband never to speak of again when she returns?

2. What do Ruth's friends laugh about spending $50 on in Chapter XLI?

3. What inspires Ruth to consider writing for a living?

4. Where does Ruth go to apply for the teaching job in Chapter LI?

5. In Chapter LXII, what does Ruth worry will happen before she gets her first pay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is John Walter and what does he offer Ruth in Chapter LXVIII?

2. What does Ruth travel to City Hall to do in Chapter LI?

3. Who does Chapter LXXIV focus on?

4. What sends a shudder down Ruth's spine in Chapter LIV?

5. What does Mr. Walter tell Mr. Lewis about Ruth in Chapter LXXIX?

6. What does Mrs. Millet have a conversation about with her husband in Chapter XLIV?

7. How does Mr. Walter advise Ruth in Chapter LXXI?

8. What does Mr. Walter talk Ruth into doing in Chapter LXXVI?

9. What is life like for Katy living with her grandparents?

10. Who does Ruth find has died at the hospital for the insane?

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