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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Simon tell Rhonda not to sell her husband's boat and gear?
(a) It would be the same as selling her sons' futures.
(b) He wants it for himself.
(c) She should make use if it instead.
(d) The boat is too old to be used.

3. Who is the wife of Robin?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Amber.
(c) Olive.
(d) Opal.

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

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

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

7. Who is Ruth?
(a) Ebbett's granddaughter.
(b) Ebbett's niece.
(c) Ebbett's daughter.
(d) Ebbett's great-niece.

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

9. When was Ruth's grandmother adopted?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1856.

10. What does Stan not care about when it comes to Ruth?
(a) Who she marries.
(b) What education she receives.
(c) Who she spends her time with.
(d) What she does for fun.

11. What does Ebbett wait for in the prologue?
(a) Love.
(b) War.
(c) Death.
(d) Peace.

12. Where do Stan and Mary get married?
(a) At Ellis House.
(b) On the wharf.
(c) In Stan's livingroom.
(d) In New York City.

13. How does Stan anger Angus in Chapter 4?
(a) By laughing at his poor fashion sense.
(b) By ignoring his request.
(c) By ordering him to shut up.
(d) By stealing money from his pocket.

14. What are the quarries on the islands filled with?
(a) Waste.
(b) Gravel.
(c) Rain water.
(d) Spring water.

15. What does Cal whistle as the group drives to Ellis House?
(a) "Dixie".
(b) "I Wonder as I Wander".
(c) "Old Joe Clark".
(d) "Oh Shenandoah".

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cal polishing when Ruth and the others approach him in Chapter 3?

2. Who does not contribute to the distinctive population?

3. Who is Edith?

4. How are the men on the islands described?

5. What is the weather like when Ruth is born?

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