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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby say about Cora's wedding?
(a) That Ruby is glad she didn't go.
(b) That Cora should have tried harder to find Ruby.
(c) That Ruby is sorry she didn't go.
(d) That Ruby was not invited.

2. What is Ruby's first class?
(a) Life Science.
(b) Literature.
(c) Biology.
(d) Algebra.

3. What has Roscoe done several times after Ruby's arrival?
(a) Run around in circles to bite his tail.
(b) Howled.
(c) Snapped at Ruby.
(d) Peed on the floor.

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

5. What does Gervais say about Ruby?
(a) That her hair is a cool color.
(b) That her eyes are a cool color.
(c) That her dress is ugly.
(d) That her shampoo stinks.

6. What does Ruby notice about Harriett as Ruby continues to work?
(a) Harriett eats her lunch within a few feet of the kiosk every day.
(b) Harriett keeps a written log of all transactions.
(c) Harriett is seldom able to actually leave the kiosk while Ruby is working.
(d) Harritt knows almost everyone in the mall.

7. Where does Jaime work?
(a) At the public defender's office.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) For a non-profit organization.
(d) In a high-powered corporate lawyer group.

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

9. Why can't Peyton do what Ruby asks of her?
(a) Peyton is out of town.
(b) Peyton's parents have her under tight control.
(c) Peyton is leaving town that day for Europe.
(d) Peyton is afraid of getting in trouble with the authorities.

10. Why did Ruby's mother often use false names?
(a) To avoid creditors.
(b) To get the utilities turned on.
(c) To keep the children welfare away.
(d) To keep Ruby's father from finding them.

11. What does Cora point out about riding the city bus?
(a) Ruby will have no ride if she misses the bus.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Ruby will have to earn the money for the bus.
(d) Ruby will have to get up very early.

12. What does Cora say they will revisit after the Christmas holidays?
(a) Seeing Marshall.
(b) Finding their mother.
(c) Getting a car.
(d) Ruby's job.

13. What does Ruby discover Nate did?
(a) Quit the swim team.
(b) Made her a Christmas present.
(c) Left home.
(d) Bought her a Christmas present.

14. What does Ruby realize in the morning?
(a) That Jamie wasn't fooled about Ruby trying to leave.
(b) That Jaime is going to help her leave.
(c) That Cora wants Ruby out of the house.
(d) That Nate is her age.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nate suggest to Harriet?

2. What does Nate say is obvious about Gervais?

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

4. Who is Olivia?

5. Where does Ruby go after the convenience store?

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