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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not contribute to the distinctive population?
(a) The Italians working on Fort Niles.
(b) The French that live along the coast.
(c) The English that oversee the workmen.
(d) The Spanish who spend their summers on the islands.

2. What does Ebbett do during the war years?
(a) He writes letters to his old sweetheart.
(b) He sleeps and listens to the radio all day.
(c) He hides his boat and gear.
(d) He builds houses.

3. What does Ruth like to do as a child?
(a) Catch fireflies.
(b) Eat flowers.
(c) Eavesdrop.
(d) Swim.

4. What does Ebbett Thomas not do that the other men do?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Leave for the mainland.
(c) Blame the overseers.
(d) Get married.

5. Who officiates the funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) The father of the deceased.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Mrs. Pommeroy.
(d) Pastor Toby Wishnell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's quarries can be found on Courne Haven?

2. When do the men on the islands go to war?

3. Who is Ruth?

4. What does Ebbett wait for in the prologue?

5. Who introduces Swedish traits into the population?

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