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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 Stan and Mary get married?
(a) In New York City.
(b) At Ellis House.
(c) On the wharf.
(d) In Stan's livingroom.

2. What does Ruth like to do as a child?
(a) Eat flowers.
(b) Catch fireflies.
(c) Eavesdrop.
(d) Swim.

3. What does Ruth say to her mother when she sees her at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) "I hate you."
(b) "Here I am."
(c) I'm hungry."
(d) "Hello, Mother."

4. Who does not contribute to the distinctive population?
(a) The French that live along the coast.
(b) The Italians working on Fort Niles.
(c) The English that oversee the workmen.
(d) The Spanish who spend their summers on the islands.

5. Who does Ruth search for after leaving Ellis House?
(a) Cal.
(b) Simon.
(c) Lanford.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ruth stay with when her parents go away for a short time in Chapter 1?

2. Where does Ruth go to live in Chapter 2?

3. What produces a distinctive population on these islands?

4. What does Simon hire Webster to do?

5. Where does Mary live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the men on the islands described?

2. Why does Ruth go in to see Lanford alone in Chapter 3? How does he greet her?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Ruth think of Vera?

8. What does Ruth think of Angus?

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

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

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