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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. Who is the secretary at Ruth's company?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Candy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Rhonda.

2. What are the Cobbs debating with Rhonda when Ruth arrives in Chapter 8?
(a) Who should wash the dishes.
(b) How much Rhonda owes for painting the exterior of her house.
(c) When raccoons were introduced from Courne Haven.
(d) Whether it will rain by the end of the day.

3. According to Kitty, what is a breeze?
(a) Having babies.
(b) Keeping house.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Keeping her man happy.

4. Why does Owney maintain traps?
(a) He is interested in lobsters.
(b) To prove that he knows lobsters.
(c) To make some money on the side.
(d) To impress his uncle.

5. Who is Candy?
(a) Amelia's niece.
(b) Natalie's sister.
(c) Dotty's daughter.
(d) Paulette's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth sell for $22,000?

2. What does Ruth declare of Eddie in Chapter 8?

3. What does Angus fill Courne Haven traps with?

4. Who is president of Ruth's company?

5. What is the weather like when Ruth is asked to wait at the dock in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Ruth and Owney left alone in Chapter 7? What does Owney show Ruth?

2. Where do Ruth and Owney go in Chapter 11?

3. What puts a stop to the last lobster war?

4. How has Ruth's personal life changed by the Epilogue?

5. How does Ruth feel about her sexual experience with Owney in Chapter 11?

6. What do Ruth and Toby say to one another on the topic of religion in Chapter 10?

7. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

8. What do Ruth and Owney do in Chapter 11?

9. What does Owney want to be when he is older?

10. What do Ruth and Lanford discuss in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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