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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Senator Simon Adams terrified of?
(a) The dark.
(b) The sea.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Fire.

2. Who is described as being an aggressive lobsterman?
(a) Angus.
(b) Simon.
(c) Luther.
(d) Ruth.

3. What causes Ruth to cry at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) A tasteless joke.
(b) She falls and scrapes her leg.
(c) Her father yells at her.
(d) She is sad over the recent death.

4. Why does Simon tell Rhonda not to sell her husband's boat and gear?
(a) He wants it for himself.
(b) She should make use if it instead.
(c) The boat is too old to be used.
(d) It would be the same as selling her sons' futures.

5. Who does Ruth stay with when her parents go away for a short time in Chapter 1?
(a) Simon.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) She is left alone.
(d) The Pommeroys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the workers do when the granite industry folds?

2. What is Cal polishing when Ruth and the others approach him in Chapter 3?

3. What year does Ruth graduate?

4. What does Ebbett do during the war years?

5. How are the men on the islands described?

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