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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 Mary?
(a) Ruth's aunt.
(b) Ruth's cousin.
(c) Ruth's sister.
(d) Ruth's mother.

2. Who is waiting for Ruth and Owney when they return home in Chapter 11?
(a) Toby.
(b) Stan.
(c) Simon.
(d) Mary.

3. Why doesn't Simon attend the funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) He is away on business.
(b) He hated the deceased.
(c) He is ill.
(d) Because of his phobia.

4. Who gets married in July of 1976?
(a) Amelia Farnsworth and Karl Guigenheim.
(b) Dotty Wishnell and Charlie Burden.
(c) Natalie Dupont and Larry Hammersmith.
(d) Paulette Grouix and Bart Williams.

5. What does Toby recommend Ruth do when she visits his room in Chapter 10?
(a) Read the Bible's wonderful stories.
(b) Clean up after herself.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Marry someone who is not connected to the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Simon often ask Ruth?

2. What does Fagan do for a living?

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

4. What does Simon hire Webster to do?

5. Where do most of the island children attend high school?

(see the answer key)

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