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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby notice about Nate?
(a) He is very much the All-American jock type.
(b) He has dyed his hair orange.
(c) He is very popular.
(d) He is not very good looking.

2. Why does Ruby decide to buy clothes?
(a) Her old clothes do not fit in with this high school.
(b) She loves buying clothes.
(c) Because Cora would be angry if Ruby does not.
(d) She has lost weight and her clothes don't fit her well.

3. What does Ruby understand about Cora's promise?
(a) That Cora was too depressed to come back.
(b) That Cora just could not carry through on it.
(c) That Cora never intended to do what she said.
(d) That Jaime kept Cora from following through on her promise.

4. How does Cora defend herself about the wedding?
(a) She does not defend herself.
(b) That Ruby was into drugs then.
(c) That Cora told their mother.
(d) That Ruby did not answer Cora's messages.

5. What does Olivia share with Ruby?
(a) That Olivia has convinced her father to let her return to Jackson.
(b) That Olivia has finished her literature project.
(c) That Olivia is going to an out-of-state college.
(d) That Olivia's boyfriend is cheating on her.

6. How long has Ruby's mother been gone before it is noticed?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) A few days.

7. What is Jamie Hunter showing Ruby?
(a) A picture she painted.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) Her new puppy.
(d) Her new bedroom.

8. What does Ruby realize about the ride to school in the morning?
(a) She looks forward to them.
(b) Nate is trying to improve them.
(c) She has begun to like Gervais.
(d) Nate does not really want her to ride with him.

9. What does Ruby point out to Harriett one day?
(a) That Reggie works hard and is always cheerful.
(b) That she needs to take a day off now and again.
(c) That Reggie likes Harriett.
(d) That Reggie is a nice fellow.

10. What does Ruby think when Jaime picks her up at school one afternoon?
(a) That he's learned about her visits to Marshall.
(b) That he is going to tell her she has to leave.
(c) That something is wrong with Cora.
(d) That something is wrong with her mother.

11. Who does Ruby first call at a convenience store after class?
(a) Marshall.
(b) No one.
(c) Her neighbor from the other house.
(d) Penny.

12. How do Ruby and Cora feel about Jaime's Christmas card idea?
(a) Happy.
(b) Not enthusiastic.
(c) Bah Humbug.
(d) Enthusiastic.

13. Why does Ruby call Jaime when she gets home?
(a) The cat is sick.
(b) Roscoe is acting frantic.
(c) She needs to know how to turn on the oven.
(d) She cannot find her house key.

14. What is Ruby's word for her first assignment?
(a) Love.
(b) Family.
(c) Pain.
(d) Finances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora point out about riding the city bus?

2. What amazes Ruby about Jaime's work on the computer?

3. What color is the fish Ruby picks for the pond?

4. When does Ruby go to see Marshall?

5. Why is there a line stretched across the kitchen?

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