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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 Simon bring the Pommeroys in Chapter 1?
(a) Some wine and cheese.
(b) A casserole.
(c) A new radio.
(d) A book and some rum.

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

3. What does Senator Simon Adams deliver in Chapter 1?
(a) Healing chicken stock.
(b) Some old clothes and rags.
(c) A ticket to California.
(d) A pie baked by his mother.

4. Who is Edith?
(a) Lanford's second wife.
(b) Mary's friend.
(c) The cook at Ellis house.
(d) Vera's tutor.

5. Who builds a coffin in Chapter 1?
(a) The Pommeroys.
(b) Ruth's grandfather.
(c) Simon.
(d) Ruth's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Lanford's yacht?

2. How old is Lanford Ellis in Chapter 3?

3. How does Simon keep his house?

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

5. Who is Ricky?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the members of Ebbett's family?

3. How are the men on the islands described?

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

5. How are Fort Niles and Courne Haven islands alike?

6. What does Cal complain about when he finds Ruth in Chapter 5?

7. Who is Cal Cooley?

8. Describe the funeral in Chapter 1.

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

10. Describe the scenery along Ellis Road.

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