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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is estranged for eight months after a heated verbal fight?
(a) Simon and Webster.
(b) Stan and Len.
(c) Simon and Cal.
(d) Stan and Angus.

2. Where do Ruth and Owney walk along the edge of in Chapter 11?
(a) A cliff.
(b) A farmer's field.
(c) The shore.
(d) A deep quarry.

3. What does Owney's uncle not allow him to do as of Chapter 7?
(a) Go out past 9:00 pm.
(b) Keep and sell lobsters.
(c) Spend time alone with Ruth.
(d) Smoke and drink.

4. Who is Candy?
(a) Dotty's daughter.
(b) Paulette's mother.
(c) Amelia's niece.
(d) Natalie's sister.

5. What does Ruth do when she sees Lanford grin at the end of the novel?
(a) She smiles and leaves without saying a word.
(b) She laughs heartily.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She kisses him on the forehead.

6. What surprises Ruth when she and Owney kiss in Chapter 11?
(a) How easy it is.
(b) When Owney uses his tongue.
(c) How the fear of being caught melts away.
(d) How much she dislikes the kiss.

7. What does Simon want Ruth to get from Lanford in Chapter 8?
(a) Money.
(b) Some food.
(c) The tusk.
(d) His antique pocket watch.

8. What does Rhonda wish she had for Ruth?
(a) A pretty dress.
(b) An inheritance.
(c) Some words of wisdom.
(d) A normal son for her to marry.

9. According to Kitty, who is the only one to be able to make a bride happy?
(a) Her maid of honor.
(b) Her groom.
(c) Herself.
(d) God.

10. Who's skull does Webster find in Chapter 12?
(a) Jenny Simpson-Ellis'.
(b) Jane Smith-Ellis'.
(c) Joan Saunders-Ellis'.
(d) Janny Samson-Ellis'.

11. Who is David?
(a) Ruth's brother.
(b) Ruth's nephew.
(c) Ruth's son.
(d) Ruth's cousin.

12. When was the second lobster war?
(a) 1921-1923.
(b) 1932-1936.
(c) 1925- 1934.
(d) 1928-1930.

13. What did Chester do after serving in the army?
(a) He became a prison guard in a state prison.
(b) He joined the Gypsy Bandoleer Bandits.
(c) He opened a french-style restaurant along the bayou.
(d) He married and had three children.

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

15. Who is the most aggressive cutter on Fort Niles?
(a) Stan.
(b) Cal.
(c) Simon.
(d) Angus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruth and Owney stop doing when they return home in Chapter 11?

2. What type of boat does Ruth go in with Owney in Chapter 7?

3. What does Owney show Ruth near a tiny island in Chapter 7?

4. What did Lanford tell Ruth to do when she was sixteen?

5. When Ruth leaves Toby's room in Chapter 10, what does she wish she had declared to him?

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