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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ruth most proud of in the epilogue?
(a) Her family.
(b) Learning to respect the Ellis'.
(c) Not letting the Ellises' drive her away.
(d) Her ambitions.

2. What do Ruth and Owney stop doing when they return home in Chapter 11?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Discussing their future.
(c) Singing.
(d) Holding hands.

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

4. What does Ruth declare of Eddie in Chapter 8?
(a) He is an angry human being.
(b) He needs to be on a feeding schedule.
(c) He is a simpleton.
(d) He has more ambition than the president.

5. According to Kitty, what is a breeze?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Having babies.
(c) Keeping her man happy.
(d) Keeping house.

6. What does Ruth sell for $22,000?
(a) Stan's house.
(b) A car.
(c) Her mother's wardrobe.
(d) The lighthouse lens.

7. What are the Cobbs debating with Rhonda when Ruth arrives in Chapter 8?
(a) How much Rhonda owes for painting the exterior of her house.
(b) When raccoons were introduced from Courne Haven.
(c) Whether it will rain by the end of the day.
(d) Who should wash the dishes.

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

9. Where do Ruth and Owney race to in Chapter 11?
(a) A cave.
(b) A small beach.
(c) The wedding.
(d) A boat.

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

11. Why does Stan ask about Ruth's plans in Chapter 12?
(a) He has been hearing rumors around the village.
(b) Ruth sent him a cryptic letter the previous day.
(c) He has received a letter from Mary.
(d) Simon has expressed his concerns to Stan.

12. What does Ruth do with the $22,000?
(a) Starts a publishing company.
(b) Starts a boat dealership.
(c) Starts a tutoring firm.
(d) Starts a bait dealership.

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

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

15. Where does Ruth kiss Owney in Chapter 11?
(a) Near a sheer wall of granite.
(b) Under a large oak tree.
(c) In the garden at the house.
(d) In Owney's bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smells horribly in Chapter 7?

2. What kind of reputation can a lobsterman not afford?

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

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

5. What nickname does Stan earn after the end of the war?

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