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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Ruth graduate?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1972.

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

3. What does Angus demand Ruth do in Chapter 4?
(a) Get a good night's rest.
(b) Go to her mother's side.
(c) Clean out the traps.
(d) Return the money to Lanford.

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

5. What does Ruth write to Mary about in Chapter 2?
(a) How she wishes she were wealthy so she could travel the world.
(b) Puberty.
(c) The relief she feels at being home.
(d) How she hates being home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the locals feel about the Ellises?

2. What does Ruth like to do as a child?

3. Which of the following do Fort Niles and Courne Haven have in common?

4. Who builds a coffin in Chapter 1?

5. What produces a distinctive population on these islands?

(see the answer key)

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