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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ruth do during her summers in Chapter 2?
(a) She works as a sternman for her father.
(b) She works at an ice cream shop.
(c) She tans and swims with friends.
(d) She spends quality time with her mother.

4. Why is Kitty being threatened with eviction?
(a) Because of her noisy dog.
(b) Because she has not paid rent for almost a year.
(c) Because she has loud fights that wake up the neighbors.
(d) Because of her drunkenness.

5. 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) The tusks of a circus elephant.
(d) His old tennis shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chucky Strachan?

2. What causes Ruth to cry at the end of Chapter 1?

3. How do the locals feel about the Ellises?

4. Who does Ruth search for after leaving Ellis House?

5. What is the name of Lanford's yacht?

(see the answer key)

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