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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. Where do Ruth and her daughters move to in Chapter XXXV?

2. What does Ruth tease Daisy about when she is on the doorstep in Chapter XVI?

3. Where is Ruth staying with her family in Chapter XXIV?

4. What does the letter to Dr. Hall from Mr. Ellet in Chapter XXXV say?

5. Who is Miss Skinlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dinah tell Harry when she sees Daisy in Chapter XXI?

2. On what condition do the Halls agree to take Katy and Nettie in?

3. How do Dr. Hall, Mrs. Hall, and the maid Betty each view the arrival of Harry and Ruth's daughter Daisy?

4. In Chapter V, why does Ruth decide not to tell Harry about his mother's treatment toward her?

5. What do Ruth and Daisy like to do together in Chapter XI?

6. When Hyacinth sees Ruth mourning in Chapter XXIX, how does he react?

7. How does Harry react to his parents' interference in his married life?

8. In Chapter XXIII, what does Mrs. Jones observe about Ruth to Dr. and Mrs. Hall? What do the Halls say in response?

9. In Chapter XXII, how does Dr. Hall know Daisy is near death when he sees he? What does he do to try and save her?

10. Who is Biddy? How does she show her devotion to Ruth in Chapter XXXI?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruth is left without money or means following the death of her husband. Describe the living conditions that Ruth and her daughters are forced to live in following Harry's death. How does the narrator describe her living accommodations? How does Ruth make money for her family?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Ruth's character growth throughout the novel. How does she compare at the beginning of the novel and the end of the novel? What contributed to her growth as a character?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Ruth Hall". Who dies in the novel? How do these deaths affect the tone of the novel? How does Ruth react to these deaths? How do the other characters react to these deaths? How do these deaths impact Ruth's life?

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