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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 is Senator Simon Adams terrified of?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Fire.
(c) The dark.
(d) The sea.

2. What produces a distinctive population on these islands?
(a) The intermarriage among the Germans and the Japanese.
(b) The settlers did not and have not married outside their race.
(c) The intermarriage among the Scottish and the Irish.
(d) A native race that resides only on these islands.

3. What will Lanford give Ruth $300 for in Chapter 3?
(a) A trip to New York.
(b) To visit her mother in Concord.
(c) A fancy dress.
(d) A new pair of glasses.

4. Why had Mary always been treated with suspicion by the islanders?
(a) Because she was far smarter than the islanders.
(b) Because she often told lies as a child.
(c) Because she was rude and cold towards them.
(d) Because she was an orphan and an immigrant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kitty call Ruth a tourist in Chapter 5?

2. Where does Cal make arrangements for Ruth to go at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What is Ruth's first word?

4. Who is Edith?

5. How do the locals feel about the Ellises?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scenery along Ellis Road.

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

3. Describe Mary's wedding.

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

5. How are the men on the islands described?

6. What does Ruth do after graduation?

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

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

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

10. Describe the funeral in Chapter 1.

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