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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. Where do Ruth and Owney make love in Chapter 11?
(a) A cave.
(b) On a boat.
(c) An old shed.
(d) In a car.

2. What does Toby need before the small group can leave the dock in Chapter 7?
(a) A few moments alone with Ruth.
(b) A bathroom break.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Supplies.

3. What do Ruth and Owney stop doing when they return home in Chapter 11?
(a) Singing.
(b) Discussing their future.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Kissing.

4. What does Ruth declare of Eddie in Chapter 8?
(a) He has more ambition than the president.
(b) He is an angry human being.
(c) He needs to be on a feeding schedule.
(d) He is a simpleton.

5. Who is David?
(a) Ruth's cousin.
(b) Ruth's nephew.
(c) Ruth's brother.
(d) Ruth's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Candy?

2. What does Ruth do when she sees Lanford grin at the end of the novel?

3. How does Ruth describe her first sexual experience?

4. Why is Rhonda the only widow on Fort Niles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Stan and Ruth fight about in Chapter 12?

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

3. How have Rhonda's sons lived since Ira's death?

4. What does Rhonda and Mary hope for Ruth and her future?

5. What happens when Stan visits Ruth at Rhonda's in Chapter 12?

6. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

7. What does Ruth want for her future?

8. Why is Kitty so out of sorts in Chapter 12?

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

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

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