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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 is Nettie pleading for while her grandfather is dining on the other side of the city?

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

3. What does Mrs. Hall convince Ruth to allow in Chapter LVII?

4. Who is Mrs. Waters?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What two offers does Ruth receive in Chapter LXXII?

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

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 the dinner at Mr. Ellet's home contrasted with in Chapter LXI?

10. In Chapter LIII when Mrs. Skiddy finds her husband has not returned home from work, where does she find him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What struggles does Ruth face throughout the novel? What causes these struggles? How does she overcome them? How are her struggles associated with the setting of the novel? How are they associated with her background and her family?

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

Discuss Ruth's marriage to Harry in the novel "Ruth Hall". Do they have a good marriage? Why or why not? Is Harry a good husband to Ruth? How does Harry's death affect Ruth's life?

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