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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 does Dr. Hall believe he knows much more about than Harry does in Chapter XV?

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

3. Where do Ruth and her daughters move to in Chapter XXXV?

4. What is the one thing that the Halls agree on completely?

5. What is Ruth's surname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ruth anxious about in Chapter I?

2. What complaints do Mrs. Hall and Dr. Hall have about Ruth in Chapter XVIII?

3. How does Harry react to his parents' interference in his married life?

4. Why does Mrs. Hall go to Ruth's house in Chapter XIII?

5. What does Ruth tease Daisy about in Chapter XVI? How does Daisy respond?

6. What do the Halls and Ruth's father quarrel over in Chapter XXXIII?

7. What do Ruth and Daisy like to do together in Chapter XI?

8. What does Dr. Hall request of Tom Develin in Chapter XXXVII? Why does Tom agree to his request?

9. Why do the Halls decide to send Ruth some money in Chapter XXXV?

10. How do Dr. Hall, Mrs. Hall, and the maid Betty each view the arrival of Harry and Ruth's daughter Daisy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel "Ruth Hall", the Victorian era in America. How does the setting impact Ruth's choices and actions in the novel? How is Ruth confined to the social practices and rules of the time period?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Ruth Hall". Who dies in the novel? How do these deaths affect the tone of the novel? How does Ruth react to these deaths? How do the other characters react to these deaths? How do these deaths impact Ruth's life?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. What are their defining character traits? What are their roles in the story? Describe their relationships with the protagonist, Ruth.

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