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

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

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

4. When was the fourth lobster war?
(a) The mid-1950's.
(b) The early 1960's.
(c) The mid- 1960's.
(d) The late 1950's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ruth think her first experience with sex would be like?

2. What does Owney's uncle not allow him to do as of Chapter 7?

3. What does Ruth demand Lanford do in the epilogue?

4. When was the third lobster war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ruth want for her future?

9. What event is taking place in Chapter 10?

10. Describe the drive to Rockland in Chapter 7.

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