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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 idea does Ruth come up with to earn a living in Chapter XLVIII?
(a) Host a gambling night.
(b) Write.
(c) Make hats.
(d) Open her own school.

2. Who is Horace Gates?
(a) One of Hyacinth's employees.
(b) An aspiring writer.
(c) A relative of the Halls.
(d) A man in love with Ruth.

3. What does a man ask Ruth to pay for in a letter in Chapter LXXII?
(a) His trip to New York.
(b) His child's clothes and food.
(c) His college tuition.
(d) His new house.

4. In Chapter XLV, what does the man who stops Katy in the street slip into her bag?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) Some candles.
(c) A pretty clip for her hair.
(d) Money.

5. What does Mrs. Skiddy warn her husband never to speak of again when she returns?
(a) Their child's death.
(b) Her alcohol problem.
(c) Her depression.
(d) Going to California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hyacinth say in response to Ruth's plans to become a writer?

2. What does Mr. Walter say Ruth shouldn't feel toward Mr. Lescom?

3. What publication is John Walter the editor for?

4. In Chapter XLIV, what does Mrs. Millet say Mr. Ellet wants her to do?

5. What does a man suggest to Ruth in a fan letter in Chapter LXV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth worry about despite having found a newspaper to publish her work in Chapter LXII?

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

3. What idea does Ruth come up with to earn a living in Chapter LVI? Who does she turn to for help?

4. Who does Chapter LXXIV focus on?

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

6. Why does the boarding house housemaid quit her job in Chapter XLVII?

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

8. What happens when two of Ruth's friends come to visit in Chapter XLI?

9. Who does Katy meet after leaving her grandfather's home in Chapter XLV?

10. What success does Ruth find in Chapter LXIV? Who is unhappy with her success?

(see the answer keys)

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