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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Amanda arithmetic?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Joe.
(c) Rudy.
(d) Her father.

2. Who considers becoming a nun?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Amanda.

3. Who has a heart ailment?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Clement.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Carl.

4. Who is considered to be uppity at Mathilda's birth?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Mathilda's mother.

5. Whom does Imogene consider being in a past life?
(a) Pocahontas.
(b) A chipmunk.
(c) A bird.
(d) A pilgrim.

6. What does Clement contemplate in Part, 1, Chapter 5?
(a) His break-up with Amanda.
(b) His children.
(c) His mother.
(d) His marriage to Theresa.

7. What does Ruth play while alone at school?
(a) Jump rope.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Hop scotch.
(d) Jacks.

8. Who is nicknamed Amy?
(a) Mathilda.
(b) Arlene.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Ruth.

9. Where is Amanda sent in order to get rest?
(a) Saint Michael's.
(b) Saint Vincent's.
(c) Saint Andrew's.
(d) Saint Peter's.

10. Who cannot face returning to the island?
(a) Carl.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Ruth.

11. Whom does Hilda begin to take care of?
(a) Carl.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Imogene.

12. What does Amanda teach Ruth to do in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Talk.
(b) Walk.
(c) Climb a tree.
(d) Paddle.

13. Where does Amanda work?
(a) The post office.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A law office.
(d) A bait and tackle shop.

14. Who does not object when Amanda returns to her work at the hospital, accepting the worst assignments?
(a) Mathilda.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Amanda's mother.
(d) Amanda's father.

15. As the novel opens, Ruth insists that _____________.
(a) She drowned.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She got divorced.
(d) She fainted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reports a missing person to Sheriff Kuhtz?

2. What month does Mathilda and Carl get married in?

3. Who feels themselves being tied to a life they do not want?

4. What type of people does Theresa talk to during her days?

5. Who dislikes Carl for not being able to take care of Ruth?

(see the answer keys)

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