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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. What was the first kind thing that Serafina and Walter did for Isabel and Curzon?
(a) Helped them hide.
(b) Gave them a meal.
(c) Gave them advice about Ruth.
(d) Gave them supplies.

2. Curzon left his fellow travelers when Ruth was sick; when he returned, what did he bring with him?
(a) A donkey and food.
(b) Medicine and a chicken.
(c) A donkey and medicine.
(d) Medicine and food.

3. What did Isabel do to help Ruth recover from her fever?
(a) Applied hot wet rags to Ruth's foot.
(b) Gave her medicine.
(c) Bathed her.
(d) Applied cold rags to Ruth's foot.

4. What advice did Isabel receive from the short serving woman she met on the main street of Williamsburg?
(a) Go to the hospital to find work.
(b) Follow the army to find work.
(c) Work for Widow Hallahan.
(d) Do not stay long in Williamsburg.

5. Why was Isabel nervous upon arriving at Willamsburg?
(a) She was not used to being around strangers.
(b) She was afraid that Ruth would become sick again.
(c) She did not believe that they could find work there.
(d) She was afraid that the Locktons were there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Curzon want to leave their camp when Ruth was sick?

2. Who were Kate and Elspeth?

3. How did Isabel feel when Curzon proposed that they split up in Williamsburg?

4. How did Curzon disturb the rattlesnake?

5. Where did Isabel tell Serafina she planned on taking Ruth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of stories did Isabel tell Ruth while she was sleeping?

2. Why did Aberdeen know Ruth better than Isabel did?

3. Why did Isabel cry when talking to Serafina?

4. What did Curzon mean when he said, "Lazarus is a lass" (81)?

5. How did Isabel and Ruth get jobs at the laundry?

6. How did Anderson illustrate Ruth’s love of animals throughout their time at Riverbend?

7. After leaving Riverbend, Isabel stated that Curzon was growing more short-tempered by the day. What did she think was the cause of his change in mood?

8. What clues led Isabel to believe that Aberdeen was lying about his butcher shop job?

9. Why did Isabel see when she looked at Ruth through "a stranger's eyes" (91) in Chapter XVI?

10. When Isabel arrived at Riverbend, what had changed about Ruth since the last time she saw her?

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