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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. What does Simon want Ruth to get from Lanford in Chapter 8?

2. What does Owney not want to do as a profession?

3. What does Ruth declare of Eddie in Chapter 8?

4. How does Ruth describe how she and Owney make love in Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the second, third and fourth lobster wars.

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 11?

6. What event is taking place in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is discussed about religion in the novel? What are Ruth's religious beliefs? Pastor Toby is a religious figure in the novel: how is he depicted?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel. Ruth Thomas. What are her defining character traits? What is most important to her and why? What important events take place during her life?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Stern Men". Who dies in the novel and why? How do these deaths affect the other characters?

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