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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Gloria and Kitty?
(a) Ruth's niece's.
(b) Ruth's school friends.
(c) Rhonda's sisters.
(d) Mary's aunts.

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

3. Who is Vera?
(a) The wife of Dr. Jules Ellis.
(b) The niece of Dr. Jules Ellis.
(c) The daughter of Dr. Jules Ellis.
(d) The sister of Dr. Jules Ellis.

4. When do the men on the islands go to war?
(a) From 1905 to 1907.
(b) From 1902 to 1913.
(c) From 1914 to 1934.
(d) From 1876 to 1904.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ruth find drinking with Angus in Chapter 4?

2. How many miles off the coast are Fort Niles and Courne Haven?

3. Which room does Ruth enter alone in Chapter 3?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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