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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 Harry tell Daisy to stay away from as he is leaving in Chapter XIX?

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

3. What do Ruth and Harry name their first child?

4. Which of the following best describes Dr. Hall's personality?

5. Who arrives at Ruth's house to try and help Daisy in Chapter XXII?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Jiff.

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

3. How does Dr. Hall react to being called to check on Daisy in the night in Chapter XX?

4. What does Dr. Hall do in Chapter XV to meddle in Ruth and Harry's lives?

5. What action do Dr. and Mrs. Hall take to be closer to their son in Chapter XI?

6. What is Ruth anxious about in Chapter I?

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

8. Why is Hyacinth relieved that Ruth has married Harry?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

After struggling without income for some time, Ruth decides to become a writer. Describe Ruth's writing career from when she first decides to become a writer until the end of the novel. How does Ruth's choice to become a writer change her life forever? Why does she use a pen name? What types of things does she write about?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of separation. Who is separation from whom in the novel and why? How does Ruth deal with this separation? How does she overcome this separation?

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