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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do most of the island children attend high school?
(a) Rockland.
(b) Eastport.
(c) Thomaston.
(d) Augusta.

2. What does Lanford give Mary as a token of thirty years of service?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A car.
(c) $10,000 cash.
(d) A new house.

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

4. Who officiates the funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) The father of the deceased.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Mrs. Pommeroy.
(d) Pastor Toby Wishnell.

5. Who is Kitty married to?
(a) Len.
(b) Angus.
(c) Stan.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles off the coast are Fort Niles and Courne Haven?

2. Why does Vera order Cal to drive home in Chapter 6?

3. What does Ruth like to do as a child?

4. What does Ruth write to Mary about in Chapter 2?

5. Who is Senator Simon Adams' twin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the men on the islands described?

2. Who dies in Chapter 1? How does this death impact the other characters?

3. Who is Ricky? What does the reader learn about Ricky in Chapter 6?

4. What does Simon tell Rhonda not to do in Chapter 1? Why does he give her this advice?

5. How do mother and daughter greet one another in Chapter 5?

6. What nationalities have married one another to create a distinctive population on these islands?

7. What do Ruth, Cal and Toby talk about while on the New Hope in Chapter 5?

8. How do Stan and Mary meet? What do they think of one another when they first meet?

9. What do Simon and Webster look for at Potter Beach in Chapter 2 and why?

10. What does Simon think of Lanford?

(see the answer keys)

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