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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Simon try to help Rhonda financially?
(a) He asks for a haircut.
(b) He lends her a small loan.
(c) He hides money throughout her house.
(d) He encourages her to sell her baking.

2. What does Ebbett Thomas not do that the other men do?
(a) Leave for the mainland.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to war.
(d) Blame the overseers.

3. What are the quarries on the islands filled with?
(a) Waste.
(b) Gravel.
(c) Rain water.
(d) Spring water.

4. Why do the islanders shun Ruth?
(a) Because of her bad attitude.
(b) Because of her ancestry.
(c) Because of her strange appearance.
(d) Because of her education.

5. What does Ruth like to do as a child?
(a) Catch fireflies.
(b) Swim.
(c) Eat flowers.
(d) Eavesdrop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What road do Simon, Webster and Ruth walk down at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What do some of the workers do when the granite industry folds?

3. Who is described as being an aggressive lobsterman?

4. What does Ruth write to Mary about in Chapter 2?

5. Who does not contribute to the distinctive population?

(see the answer key)

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