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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. How does the groom look at the wedding in Chapter 10?
(a) Angry.
(b) Tired.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Happy.

2. How is the third lobster war described as?
(a) Worth the trouble and strife.
(b) Shockingly quiet.
(c) Short and ugly.
(d) Brutal and unnecessary.

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

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

5. How does Conway make a living?
(a) He builds furniture for merchants on the mainland.
(b) He sells timber to manufacturers up north.
(c) He lives off his parents' fortunes.
(d) He lives on disability after being discharged from the Navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth do with the $22,000?

2. When was the second lobster war?

3. Who gets married in July of 1976?

4. What is Ruth's name by the summer of 1982?

5. Who is estranged for eight months after a heated verbal fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Stan and Angus become estranged for eight months?

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

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

5. What happened to Stan's marriage to Mary during the lobster wars and immediately following the lobster war?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

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