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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. Miss Finch is taken to a nursing home for what reason?
(a) She has become frail.
(b) She has become ill.
(c) She has become deaf.
(d) She has become senile.

2. How did these feelings about herself affect her?
(a) They caused her great embarrassment.
(b) They caused her to fail over and over again.
(c) They caused her to skip a grade.
(d) They caused her to be successful.

3. Did Ruth have friends?
(a) Yes, some.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, one.
(d) Yes, many.

4. Ruth would often catch bees and leave them where?
(a) In the house.
(b) In Matt's bed.
(c) In Matt's club house.
(d) In Matt's car.

5. Matt is a _____________ man by the time they reach high school.
(a) Handsome.
(b) Mean.
(c) Grown.
(d) Rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daisy wants to be what in Hollywood or New York?

2. Matt often shone in school, actually skipping a grade. How did this affect Ruth?

3. In __________ grade, Ruth was instructed to write a letter to someone, so she chose Aunt Sid.

4. Ruth recalls how in school she began with what impression?

5. Who was going to change the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ruth teased in school? How does she deal with this?

2. What is one memory Ruth has of her father?

3. What led to a friendship between Ruth and Aunt Sid?

4. Why does Ruth believe the people in town must feel sorry for her and her family?

5. What did May do after Willard's death?

6. Describe Ruth's first meeting with Aunt Sid.

7. What does Ruth recall about school?

8. What does Ruth remember about a mistake she made cooking one night? Why is she afraid to tell Aunt Sid this story?

9. With what was May burdened? Why? How did she feel about this?

10. What happens between Randall and Ruth? What happens at about the same time?

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