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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby say she intends to refuse?
(a) To stay with Cora and Jaime.
(b) A college scholarship offer.
(c) Cora taking her clothes shopping.
(d) Nate's offer of a ride to school.

2. What sort of jobs did Ruby's mother hold?
(a) Dead-end jobs.
(b) High paying.
(c) Those requiring a college degree.
(d) Highly stressful.

3. How is Gervais characterized?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Talkative.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Extremely rude.

4. How does Ruby react to Gervais' comment on the second day?
(a) She blushes, aware of Nate looking at her.
(b) She tells him it looks better on her than it would on him.
(c) She stares at him in silence.
(d) She pretends not to hear him.

5. What did Cora used to do when she still lived with Ruby and their mother?
(a) Make their mother go to bed and sleep off a drunk.
(b) Protect Ruby.
(c) Make Ruby keep up with her homework.
(d) Hit their mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruby ride with Nate to school on Monday morning?

2. How much older is Cora than Ruby?

3. What has Roscoe done several times after Ruby's arrival?

4. What does Jaime want Ruby to do?

5. What is Ruby's word for her first assignment?

(see the answer key)

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