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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the store that remains in Chapter 3?
(a) Ellis Company General Store.
(b) Ellis Penny and Dime.
(c) Ellis Granite Company Store.
(d) Ellis General Store.

2. Who are Gloria and Kitty?
(a) Ruth's niece's.
(b) Rhonda's sisters.
(c) Ruth's school friends.
(d) Mary's aunts.

3. Who does Ruth stay with when her parents go away for a short time in Chapter 1?
(a) Simon.
(b) She is left alone.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) The Pommeroys.

4. What does Toby think of lobster fishing as a profession?
(a) He thinks it is wholly unnecessary.
(b) He thinks it is a noble profession.
(c) He thinks it is dirty but necessary.
(d) He thinks it is savage and greedy.

5. What is Senator Simon Adams terrified of?
(a) Fire.
(b) Monsters.
(c) The sea.
(d) The dark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the wife of Robin?

3. What does Angus demand Ruth do in Chapter 4?

4. Why do the islanders shun Ruth?

5. Who does Ruth search for after leaving Ellis House?

(see the answer key)

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