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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Walter's opinion of Ruth as a writer?
(a) She is an acquired taste.
(b) She is a genius.
(c) Her writing style is unique.
(d) Her writing has its flaws, but she has interesting ideas.

2. What do Mrs. Millet and her daughter badger Ruth into selling to them?
(a) A handpainted picture.
(b) A ring.
(c) A coral pin.
(d) A locket.

3. How much time passes before Mrs. Skiddy returns to her family after abandoning them?
(a) One week.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two months.

4. How much does a publishing house offer Ruth for the copyright to her articles?
(a) Eight hundred dollars.
(b) Three hundred and fifty dollars.
(c) One hundred and seventy-five dollars.
(d) One thousand dollars.

5. Where does Ruth find a job in Chapter LXII?
(a) In a country home working as a maid.
(b) In a flower shop.
(c) In a grocer's.
(d) The Standard.

6. What does Mr. Walter guess when he reads Ruth's columns?
(a) That she is talented but lacking ambition.
(b) That she is formally-trained.
(c) That she is underpaid.
(d) That she is turning down offers for publication left and right.

7. How does Ruth travel from the city to the Halls in order to see Katy in Chapter LXIII?
(a) She rides a bicycle.
(b) She jumps on the back of a carriage.
(c) She walks.
(d) She takes the train.

8. What makes Mrs. Hall think Ruth might be desperate enough to give up one of her daughters in Chapter LVII?
(a) Ruth is looking alarmingly thin.
(b) Ruth is tired and wants to focus on her work.
(c) Ruth is less patient with her daughters.
(d) Ruth is buying increasingly smaller loaves of bread.

9. What accomplishment does Ruth achieve in Chapter LXXVII?
(a) She is written about in the newspaper.
(b) She gets her daughter back.
(c) She learns how to knit.
(d) Her book is published.

10. What makes Ruth's new room uncomfortable in Chapter LV?
(a) It is extrememly bare.
(b) It is extremely small.
(c) It is extremely hot.
(d) It is extremely cold.

11. Who does Ruth find out sent she and her daughters the surprise deliver in Chapter XVIII?
(a) Dr. and Mrs. Hall.
(b) Mrs. Millet.
(c) Their neighbor.
(d) Johnny Galt.

12. Who are the Skiddys?
(a) A prominent family at Ruth's church.
(b) The Mayor's family.
(c) The landlords at the boarding house.
(d) Friends of the Halls.

13. What inspires Ruth to consider writing for a living?
(a) Seeing a paperboy.
(b) A compliment concerning her writing skills from an acquaintance.
(c) Reading a novel.
(d) Reading an interesting article in the paper.

14. What kind of examination does Mr. Walter convince Ruth to get in Chapter LXXVI?
(a) A dental examination.
(b) A phronological examination.
(c) A psychatric examination.
(d) A physical examination.

15. What does Hyacinth instruct Mr. Gates not to do in a letter?
(a) Publish work by Floy.
(b) Seek out Floy.
(c) Fall in love with Floy.
(d) Send his work to Floy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ruth ask Katy to go alone in Chapter XLV?

2. What is Katy being forced to do by the Halls in Chapter LXIII?

3. Who is Hyacinth anxious about keeping Floy's true identity from?

4. What does a man suggest to Ruth in a fan letter in Chapter LXV?

5. Feeling hopeless, where does Ruth go with Netting in Chapter LX?

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