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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in the evening after Nate had said he was coming over to Ruby's house?
(a) He calls and says he will meet Ruby at the cafe.
(b) He does not appear on time.
(c) He calls and cancels.
(d) He calls and says he will meet Ruby at the park.

2. What is one thing Ruby concentrates on in December?
(a) Botany.
(b) Helping Cora.
(c) Doing things with Olivia.
(d) Calculus.

3. About what is Reggie disappointed?
(a) That Ruby is quitting her job there.
(b) That Harriet is dating someone else.
(c) That Harriet is getting married.
(d) That his relationship with Harriet is not progressing.

4. What does Cora say she believed at the time she said it?
(a) That their mother was getting better.
(b) That Ruby would be better in a foster home.
(c) That she'd be back for Ruby as soon as she could manage it.
(d) That their mother would do right by Ruby.

5. On what does Ruby say she is running low?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Hope.
(c) Energy.
(d) Holiday cheer.

6. What does Olivia yell at Laney?
(a) To pick up the pace.
(b) To quit for the day.
(c) To slow the pace down a bit.
(d) To go home.

7. Where does Ruby check on the baking pies?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the downstairs oven.
(c) At Nate's house.
(d) In the screened porch where they have a spare oven.

8. What does Ruby say is her weakness?
(a) Baking.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Biology.
(d) Jewelry.

9. What does Ruby see that makes her run home?
(a) An ambulance.
(b) A heron flying overhead.
(c) A crowd of people near her house.
(d) A fire truck.

10. What does Nate convince Ruby to do?
(a) Take a puppy he finds.
(b) Go to the beach.
(c) Go swimming at his house.
(d) Stop studying and go around delivering with him.

11. What does Nate say about what happens between him and his dad?
(a) It's dangerous.
(b) It's habit.
(c) It's mild.
(d) It's private.

12. What does Gervais offer one day when he comes over to Ruby's house?
(a) To help Ruby with calculus.
(b) To help Ruby find out about Nate.
(c) To mow the lawn.
(d) To help Ruby with Chemistry.

13. What happens when Ruby stops at Nate's house?
(a) He is not home.
(b) He asks her to leave.
(c) She is asked in to their party.
(d) She can hear glass breaking in the background.

14. What does Ruby ask Cora about when Cora went back into the house the day Cora left home?
(a) What their mother said about Ruby.
(b) Why Cora didn't just take Ruby then.
(c) What their mother said about Cora leaving.
(d) What Cora and her mother discussed.

15. Who picks up Ruby later in the evening?
(a) Cora.
(b) Nate.
(c) Harriett.
(d) Jaime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nate take Roscoe?

2. What does Cora realize on Christmas day?

3. Why did Nate leave a root beer bottle cap on the counter in one place?

4. What does Aaron have when Ruby sees him?

5. What does Cora say will not make Ruby weak?

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