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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. Ruby comes to Ruth and apologizes, promising what?
(a) To never force himself on her again.
(b) To never come near her again.
(c) To never talk to her again.
(d) To never go on a date with her again.

2. The following January, Ruby gets a job running ________________ that parks in the grocery store parking lot twice a month.
(a) The dump truck.
(b) The icecream truck.
(c) The delivery truck.
(d) The recycling truck.

3. May then spends the entire night complaining about what?
(a) How she cannot eat the fruit.
(b) How Ruby always gets his way and she never has any say.
(c) How she does not feel well.
(d) How her apple pies did not come out right because Ruby insisted on the wrong apples.

4. Ruth does what to May for the first time?
(a) Backs down from her.
(b) Ignores her.
(c) Pushes her.
(d) Stands up.

5. Why is Ruth's idea dropped?
(a) Ruby gets hit by a car and messes up his leg.
(b) Ruby finds a new job.
(c) Ruby becomes very ill.
(d) Ruby decides he does not want to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth tells Ruby's story as his counselor ________ told it to her.

2. That Christmas Eve Ruth remembers as what?

3. Does May enjoy being a grandmother?

4. Ruby spends most of his time doing what in the basement?

5. This is the only time in which the four of them could do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does May learn in April? How might this make her feel?

2. What happens when May, Ruby, and Ruth go to pick apples?

3. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby at the beginning of this section?

4. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

5. Describe Ruth's labor and delivery.

6. What is happening during this time in Ruby's life?

7. What time does Ruth remember as one of the best times in her marriage?

8. How does Ruth feel about getting married?

9. Describe the first few months after Justin's birth.

10. What does Ruth decide she and Ruby should do? How does this turn out? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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