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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. How does the groom look at the wedding in Chapter 10?

2. What smells horribly in Chapter 7?

3. Where do Ruth and Owney make love in Chapter 11?

4. What do younger lobstermen tend to be?

5. How does Conway make a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the second, third and fourth lobster wars.

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

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 11?

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

5. What event is taking place in Chapter 10?

6. What does Rhonda and Mary hope for Ruth and her future?

7. What do Ruth and Owney do in Chapter 11?

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

9. What does Rhonda think of Mary?

10. How has Ruth's personal life changed by the Epilogue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Stern Men". Describe Ruth's relationship with her father and mother. Describe the Pommeroy and Ellis families.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the love and romance found in the novel, particularly the relationship between Ruth and Owney. How do they meet? What is Ruth's first impression of Owney? What is the status of their relationship by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel. Ruth Thomas. What are her defining character traits? What is most important to her and why? What important events take place during her life?

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