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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the family idiot in Rhonda's family?

2. What isle's demise does Toby speak of in Chapter 10?

3. What smells horribly in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Kitty live with Rhonda in Chapter 12?

5. Where does Ruth kiss Owney in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Owney have hidden lobsters?

6. What happens at the end of Chapter 11?

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

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

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

10. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the love and romance found in the novel, particularly the relationship between Ruth and Owney. How do they meet? What is Ruth's first impression of Owney? What is the status of their relationship by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mary's back story before Ruth's birth. How did she become involved with the Ellis'? What is her role in that family? How does she meet Stan? Why doesn't she return to Fort Haven after the birth of Ricky?

Essay Topic 3

What is a coming of age story? Is "Stern Men" a coming of age story? Why or why not?

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