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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 did Lanford tell Ruth to do when she was sixteen?
(a) Wear longer dresses.
(b) Save her pennies.
(c) Pursue an education.
(d) Wear her hair off her face.

2. What does Rhonda wish she had for Ruth?
(a) A normal son for her to marry.
(b) Some words of wisdom.
(c) A pretty dress.
(d) An inheritance.

3. When does Stan visit the Pommeroys in Chapter 12?
(a) The end of November.
(b) Mid-November.
(c) The first of December.
(d) The first week of November.

4. What did Ruth think her first experience with sex would be like?
(a) Exciting and romantic.
(b) Difficult, grim and painful.
(c) Nothing special.
(d) Scary and unlike anything she had ever experienced.

5. What isle's demise does Toby speak of in Chapter 10?
(a) The Isle of Shoals.
(b) The Isle of Servrey.
(c) The Isle of Sawpon.
(d) The Isle of Spalart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toby recommend Ruth do when she visits his room in Chapter 10?

2. Who is Candy?

3. How does Ruth describe her first sexual experience?

4. Where does Ruth kiss Owney in Chapter 11?

5. What smells horribly in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Owney have hidden lobsters?

2. What are the other characters doing in the Epilogue?

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

4. How does Ruth's relationship with Lanford conclude in the Epilogue?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

10. What is Ruth doing for a living in the Epilogue?

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