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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 accomplishment does Ruth achieve in Chapter LXXVII?

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

3. Where does Horace Gates work?

4. What makes Mrs. Hall think Ruth might be desperate enough to give up one of her daughters in Chapter LVII?

5. Why does the boarding house housemaid decide to quit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Millet allow Ruth to do every week at her home?

5. Who does Chapter LXXIV focus on?

6. What are the contents of the two fan letters Ruth reads in Chapter LXV?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the author of the novel "Ruth Hall", Fanny Fern. What others works did she write? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and Fern's other work? Why did she write "Ruth Hall"?

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

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?

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