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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 first attracts Stan to Mary?
(a) Her feminine giggle.
(b) Her self-confidence.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her pretty face and figure.

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

3. What are the names of Ebbett's sons?
(a) Ricky, Jonas and Paul.
(b) Gregory and Wilson.
(c) Peter, Jack, Samuel and Carl.
(d) Stanley and Len.

4. Why does Kitty call Ruth a tourist in Chapter 5?
(a) Because she doesn't belong.
(b) Because she is so curious of her surroundings.
(c) Because she wears garish clothing.
(d) Because she has been away so much.

5. Who does Ruth stay with when her parents go away for a short time in Chapter 1?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) The Pommeroys.
(c) She is left alone.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the islanders shun Ruth?

2. How are the men on the islands described?

3. What does Vera think of Mary's marriage?

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

5. Who is Kitty married to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 4 when Ruth tells Stan and Angus about the money Lanford gave her?

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

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

4. Describe Ruth's birth.

5. Who is Cal Cooley?

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

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

8. Who is Ebbett Thomas?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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