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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. What does Ruth sell for $22,000?
(a) The lighthouse lens.
(b) A car.
(c) Stan's house.
(d) Her mother's wardrobe.

2. What does Owney's uncle not allow him to do as of Chapter 7?
(a) Smoke and drink.
(b) Spend time alone with Ruth.
(c) Go out past 9:00 pm.
(d) Keep and sell lobsters.

3. When does Stan visit the Pommeroys in Chapter 12?
(a) The end of November.
(b) The first of December.
(c) Mid-November.
(d) The first week of November.

4. Who is the most aggressive cutter on Fort Niles?
(a) Stan.
(b) Cal.
(c) Simon.
(d) Angus.

5. Why does Kitty live with Rhonda in Chapter 12?
(a) Rhonda is ill.
(b) She is on the run.
(c) She is trying to save rent money.
(d) She has been thrown out by Len.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the family idiot in Rhonda's family?

2. What do older lobstermen tend to be?

3. Where do Ruth and Owney race to in Chapter 11?

4. What does Cal argue with Ruth about in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Lanford remain in Fort Niles in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ruth's relationship with Lanford conclude in the Epilogue?

2. Where do Ruth and Owney go in Chapter 11?

3. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

4. What happened to Stan's marriage to Mary during the lobster wars and immediately following the lobster war?

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 11?

6. What do Stan and Ruth fight about in Chapter 12?

7. What happens when Stan visits Ruth at Rhonda's in Chapter 12?

8. What do Ruth and Lanford discuss in Chapter 10?

9. What does Toby believe is the future of Fort Niles?

10. What is Ruth doing for a living in the Epilogue?

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