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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Stan earn after the end of the war?
(a) Greedy Number Two.
(b) Boat Dweller.
(c) Stan the Man.
(d) Lobsterman.

2. Where do Ruth and Owney make love in Chapter 11?
(a) In a car.
(b) An old shed.
(c) A cave.
(d) On a boat.

3. What isle's demise does Toby speak of in Chapter 10?
(a) The Isle of Servrey.
(b) The Isle of Shoals.
(c) The Isle of Sawpon.
(d) The Isle of Spalart.

4. What does Angus fill Courne Haven traps with?
(a) Discarded clothes and blankets.
(b) Compost.
(c) Garbage and rubble.
(d) Feces.

5. Who is Rhonda's favorite child?
(a) Orly.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Webster.

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

7. What does Owney not want to do as a profession?
(a) He does not want to be a minister.
(b) He does not want to do a job that requires a suit and tie.
(c) He does not want to be a lobster fisherman.
(d) He does not want to be a laborer.

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

9. Who is the secretary at Ruth's company?
(a) Mary.
(b) Rhonda.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Candy.

10. How is the third lobster war described as?
(a) Short and ugly.
(b) Worth the trouble and strife.
(c) Shockingly quiet.
(d) Brutal and unnecessary.

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

12. What is Owney a natural at?
(a) Housework.
(b) Business.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Marriage.

13. In what year does Ruth become pregnant for the second time?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1979.

14. How does Ruth describe her first sexual experience?
(a) As unfortunate.
(b) As awkward.
(c) As wonderful.
(d) As painful.

15. What happened to John while he was in the army?
(a) His arm was amputated.
(b) He was shot in the leg.
(c) He was a prisoner of war.
(d) He disappeared in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth declare of Eddie in Chapter 8?

2. What are the Cobbs debating with Rhonda when Ruth arrives in Chapter 8?

3. What surprises Ruth when she and Owney kiss in Chapter 11?

4. What smells horribly in Chapter 7?

5. Who ends up in a coma after a fight in Wayside Hotel bar in Rockland?

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