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

2. What is noted about Lanford's eyes when Ruth sees him at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) They are bright and cheery.
(b) They are sleepy.
(c) They are bloodshot.
(d) They are swimming in tears.

3. Where does Ruth go to live in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New York City.
(d) Delaware.

4. Which of the following do Fort Niles and Courne Haven have in common?
(a) Community leaders.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Island shape and size.
(d) Geology.

5. How do the locals feel about the Ellises?
(a) They idolize them.
(b) They envy them.
(c) They ignore them.
(d) They resent them.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of establishment is Ruth sent unwillingly in Chapter 2?

2. Who is described as being an aggressive lobsterman?

3. What does Simon hire Webster to do?

4. How many sons do the Pommeroys have?

5. Who is Kitty married to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when is the novel "Stern Men" set?

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

3. Who is Ebbett Thomas?

4. What does Ruth think of Vera?

5. Why does Ruth flee to Rhonda's in Chapter 5? What is Rhonda doing when Ruth arrives?

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

7. Who is Mary? What does the reader learn of Mary's past in Chapter 4?

8. What does Ruth think of Angus?

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

10. Describe Ruth's childhood as described in Chapter 1.

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