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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. When does Ruth come to the Millets' kitchen?

2. What does Mr. Walter guess when he reads Ruth's columns?

3. What is Katy being forced to do by the Halls in Chapter LXIII?

4. What does Mr. Tibbetts do when he finds out Ruth is leaving The Pilgrim?

5. What do Mrs. Millet and her daughter badger Ruth into selling to them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Walter talk Ruth into doing in Chapter LXXVI?

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

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

5. What surprise do Ruth and her daughters receive in Chapter XLIII?

6. What happens when two of Ruth's friends come to visit in Chapter XLI?

7. What is life like for Katy living with her grandparents?

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

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

10. What success does Ruth find in Chapter LXIV? Who is unhappy with her success?

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 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

Analyze Fern's use of irony. What are the different types of irony? Are there examples of each type in the novel? What are some examples of irony in the novel? What do these examples mean?

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