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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Angus responsible for looking after?
(a) His brother and cookie.
(b) No one.
(c) His senile mother.
(d) His daughter.

2. What does Toby need before the small group can leave the dock in Chapter 7?
(a) A bathroom break.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A few moments alone with Ruth.

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

4. What does Simon search for at Potter Beach when he is 73?
(a) The ring of his deceased wife.
(b) A rare type of shell.
(c) His old tennis shoes.
(d) The tusks of a circus elephant.

5. What state are Fort Niles and Courne Haven islands off the coast of?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruth go to the Addams' house in Chapter 8?

2. Who is estranged for eight months after a heated verbal fight?

3. What did Lanford tell Ruth to do when she was sixteen?

4. How does Ruth describe her first sexual experience?

5. Why had Mary always been treated with suspicion by the islanders?

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