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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 Amanda wonder about while watching Clement swim?

2. What do the low farm prices make people want to do in protest?

3. What activities required too much effort for Amanda to do while she was pregnant?

4. What will Amanda not allow Carl to do?

5. Who excels at shorthand, typing, and accounting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Clement disappears without a word?

2. Discuss the paying job Carl gets.

3. Discuss the relationship between Imogene, Arthur, and Ruth.

4. Describe the letter that Ruth writes to Imogene.

5. Discuss Amanda's trip to Clements.

6. Why doesn't Ruth go to Chicago with Imogene as planned?

7. What happens at the new dance pavilion?

8. What happens when Ruth goes to talk to Imogene after Imogene reads the letter from Arthur?

9. Discuss Carl's trip to the Cathedral.

10. What happens after Imogene returns home after being away in Chicago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the friendship between Ruth and Imogene and the effect it has on each of them as well as those around them.

Essay Topic 2

Setting is heavily used in "Drowning Ruth." Discuss and explain how dialogue is used in the story and why it plays such a large role. Cite examples from the text in order to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of dialogue in the novel and the effects it has on the story as well as the relationship that readers have with characters.

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