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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What publication is John Walter the editor for?
(a) The Farmer's News Day.
(b) The Daily Post.
(c) City Life.
(d) The Household Messenger.

2. Once she begins working for Mr. Walter, what does Ruth NOT spend any of her time doing?
(a) Going to the post office.
(b) Making public appearances.
(c) Answering letters.
(d) Writing.

3. What does Hyacinth say in response to Ruth's plans to become a writer?
(a) That Ruth has finally found her calling.
(b) That Ruth is grasping at straws.
(c) That Ruth has no talent for writing.
(d) That Ruth is ambitious.

4. What does a man suggest to Ruth in a fan letter in Chapter LXV?
(a) That she give a public speech.
(b) That she give up her day job.
(c) That she use her real name.
(d) That she publish a book.

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

6. What does Mr. Walter offer Ruth to write for him?
(a) A small fortune.
(b) More than her current two salaries.
(c) A place to live and free meals.
(d) Three times the salary of Dr. Hall.

7. What is Ruth's pen name?
(a) Fleet.
(b) Fort.
(c) Flen.
(d) Floy.

8. In Chapter XLV, what does Ruth notice about the people in her neighborhood?
(a) They are very friendly and caring.
(b) They are hardworking.
(c) They are rude and inhospitable.
(d) They are all just barely getting by.

9. At what establishment does Katy say she would like to live in Chapter LIV?
(a) A hospital for the insane.
(b) A boarding school.
(c) A nunnery.
(d) A hotel.

10. Where does Ruth go to apply for the teaching job in Chapter LI?
(a) The school.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The neighboring town.

11. Who are Betty and Gatty in Chapter XLII?
(a) The women who run the boarding house.
(b) Ruth's aunts.
(c) Two of the Millets' maids.
(d) Ruth's friends.

12. What does a man ask Ruth to pay for in a letter in Chapter LXXII?
(a) His new house.
(b) His trip to New York.
(c) His college tuition.
(d) His child's clothes and food.

13. How does Mr. Gates guess Hyacinth feels about Ruth?
(a) Proud.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Threatened.

14. Where does Mrs. Skiddy find her husband one day after he doesn't return from work?
(a) On the roof of city hall.
(b) Reading a book on a field.
(c) In a bar.
(d) At the shipyard.

15. Who is Mrs. Waters?
(a) Ruth's new landlady.
(b) Ruth's dressmaker.
(c) Ruth's friend from school.
(d) Ruth's sister-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accomplishment does Ruth achieve in Chapter LXXVII?

2. Why does Ruth go to the Millets' kitchen?

3. What does Mrs. Waters try to sell Ruth for three shillings?

4. How much time passes before Mrs. Skiddy returns to her family after abandoning them?

5. What does Mr. Walter tell Ruth in a letter in Chapter LXXX?

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