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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. Who takes up with Florida Cobb in Chapter 12?

2. What smells horribly in Chapter 7?

3. Where does Rhonda set up a temporary salon in Chapter 10?

4. Where does Ruth hide when Stan visits the Pommeroys' house in Chapter 12?

5. What does Toby recommend Ruth do when she visits his room in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the drive to Rockland in Chapter 7.

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

4. Why are Ruth and Owney left alone in Chapter 7? What does Owney show Ruth?

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

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

7. What does Ruth want for her future?

8. What strange news circulates about Lanford in Chapter 12?

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

10. Why is Kitty so out of sorts in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the woman on the islands? As a woman, what do Ruth's parents expect of her? How do Ruth's ambitions clash with the social expectations placed upon her?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of the novel "Stern Men", Elizabeth Gilbert. What are some of the other works she has written? Compare the themes of these other works to "Stern Men".

Essay Topic 3

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?

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