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

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

3. Who is Vera?
(a) The daughter of Dr. Jules Ellis.
(b) The wife of Dr. Jules Ellis.
(c) The niece of Dr. Jules Ellis.
(d) The sister of Dr. Jules Ellis.

4. What does Ebbett Thomas not do that the other men do?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Blame the overseers.
(c) Get married.
(d) Leave for the mainland.

5. Which of the following things is Angus not?
(a) A bully.
(b) A hypocrite.
(c) A bigot.
(d) A slob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vera never want Mary to do?

2. What has Simon planned to open for a long time?

3. Who does Toby believe is Ruth's father in Chapter 5?

4. What does Simon hire Webster to do?

5. How do the locals feel about the Ellises?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Simon and Ruth talk about as they watch Webster in Chapter 2?

2. What does Ruth do after graduation?

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

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

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

6. Describe Ruth's birth.

7. Why is Ruth sent to Delaware? How does she feel about this move?

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

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

10. How does Simon try to help Rhonda in Chapter 1?

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