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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vera think of Mary's marriage?
(a) She feels indifferently towards the idea.
(b) She disapproves.
(c) She accepts the idea after some time.
(d) She is very satisfied with the union.

2. What do the women in the neighborhood doubt about Mary in Chapter 1?
(a) That she will live.
(b) That she will ever leave the island.
(c) That she will find happiness.
(d) That she will ever marry.

3. Who is Mary?
(a) Ruth's cousin.
(b) Ruth's mother.
(c) Ruth's sister.
(d) Ruth's aunt.

4. What does Senator Simon Adams deliver in Chapter 1?
(a) Some old clothes and rags.
(b) A ticket to California.
(c) A pie baked by his mother.
(d) Healing chicken stock.

5. What does Cal do as he drives Ruth back to Rockland in Chapter 7?
(a) He coughs and coughs.
(b) He sings his favorite songs.
(c) He talks endlessly.
(d) He smokes a cigar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angus responsible for looking after?

2. What does Stan not care about when it comes to Ruth?

3. What does Lanford give Mary as a token of thirty years of service?

4. What type of boat does Ruth go in with Owney in Chapter 7?

5. What is the weather like when Ruth is born?

(see the answer key)

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