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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. Walter offer Ruth to write for him?
2. What makes Ruth's new room uncomfortable in Chapter LV?
3. What does Hyacinth instruct Mr. Gates not to do in a letter?
4. Why does the boarding house housemaid decide to quit?
5. Why does Ruth go door-to-door in Chapter LIX?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is John Walter and what does he offer Ruth in Chapter LXVIII?
2. Why does the boarding house housemaid quit her job in Chapter XLVII?
3. What happens when two of Ruth's friends come to visit in Chapter XLI?
4. In Chapter LIII when Mrs. Skiddy finds her husband has not returned home from work, where does she find him?
5. What is Mr. Walter's reaction when he visits Ruth for the first time?
6. What does Mr. Walter talk Ruth into doing in Chapter LXXVI?
7. Who does Chapter LXXIV focus on?
8. What idea does Ruth come up with to earn a living in Chapter LVI? Who does she turn to for help?
9. What success does Ruth find in Chapter LXIV? Who is unhappy with her success?
10. What does Mrs. Millet allow Ruth to do every week at her home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After living in poverty, Ruth is able to gain economic independence. How is she able to do this? How does this financial freedom change her life? Who helped her achieve economic independence? What does it mean for her family?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Ruth Hall". Is family important to Ruth? How does her family treat her? Why doesn't Ruth's family help her in her time of need? Is she surprised by this?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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