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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 Mr. Lescom complain about Ruth's columns in Chapter LXX?

2. Why do Ruth's two former friends refuse to stay at the boarding house in Chapter XLI?

3. How much does a publishing house offer Ruth for the copyright to her articles?

4. Where do Ruth's two friends who come to visit her go to stay?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Mr. Walter's reaction when he visits Ruth for the first time?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Mrs. Waters and what image does she have of herself?

9. Who does Chapter LXXIV focus on?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruth is left without money or means following the death of her husband. Describe the living conditions that Ruth and her daughters are forced to live in following Harry's death. How does the narrator describe her living accommodations? How does Ruth make money for her family?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in "Ruth Hall". Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations causes these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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