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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. Feeling hopeless, where does Ruth go with Netting in Chapter LX?
(a) Church.
(b) The store.
(c) City hall.
(d) The Hall residence.

2. Where does Horace Gates work?
(a) Irving Magazine.
(b) Life Newspaper.
(c) Water and Spring Magazine.
(d) Benton Paper.

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

4. Who is Horace Gates?
(a) A man in love with Ruth.
(b) An aspiring writer.
(c) One of Hyacinth's employees.
(d) A relative of the Halls.

5. What does Mrs. Skiddy warn her husband never to speak of again when she returns?
(a) Her depression.
(b) Going to California.
(c) Her alcohol problem.
(d) Their child's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter LXXX, what does Mr. Walter tell Ruth he will help her do in two days time?

2. What does Mr. Lescom complain about Ruth's columns in Chapter LXX?

3. What is Mr. Walter's opinion of Ruth as a writer?

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

5. Why does the boarding house housemaid decide to quit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dinner at Mr. Ellet's home contrasted with in Chapter LXI?

2. What does Mr. Walter talk Ruth into doing in Chapter LXXVI?

3. What is Mr. Walter's reaction when he visits Ruth for the first time?

4. What sends a shudder down Ruth's spine in Chapter LIV?

5. What does Ruth travel to City Hall to do in Chapter LI?

6. In Chapter LIII when Mrs. Skiddy finds her husband has not returned home from work, where does she find him?

7. Who does Ruth find has died at the hospital for the insane?

8. Who is John Walter and what does he offer Ruth in Chapter LXVIII?

9. What are the contents of the two fan letters Ruth reads in Chapter LXV?

10. How does Mr. Walter advise Ruth in Chapter LXXI?

(see the answer keys)

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