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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ruby decide to walk to Marshall's place?
(a) Aaron says Marshall is sick.
(b) Aaron says Marshall is seeing someone else.
(c) She is drunk and wants to see him.
(d) Peyton has not come to the clearing.

2. What does Ruby find in Marshall's room?
(a) No one.
(b) Peyton and Marshall on the bed.
(c) Peyton and Marshall out cold drunk.
(d) Marshall out cold drunk.

3. What does Ruby learn about her father?
(a) He is famous.
(b) He is living very nearby.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He tried to give child support to her mother.

4. How does Ruby respond to Harriet's offer?
(a) She brushes off the praise.
(b) She does not think she can handle more hours.
(c) She is happy for a pay raise.
(d) She declines the jewelry.

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

6. What does Ruby want to tell Nate when it's almost Valentine's Day?
(a) That he is a fine man.
(b) That she cares for him.
(c) That she wants to go with him when he leaves.
(d) That she's worried about him.

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

8. To what does Ruby give her approval?
(a) The new worker.
(b) A woman's observation who stops by the kiosk.
(c) A pay raise.
(d) Harriet's jewelry designs.

9. Where does Ruby find Roscoe?
(a) In her bathroom in the tub.
(b) In the laundry room behind the dryer.
(c) Under her bed.
(d) In her bedroom closet.

10. What does Olivia say one should hold on to?
(a) A friend.
(b) A joy for life.
(c) One's belief in goodness.
(d) Your self esteem.

11. What is Ruby and Cora's mother made to do?
(a) Go to prison.
(b) Do community service.
(c) Stay under house arrest.
(d) Go into rehab.

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

13. About what is Ruby worried one day during a party at their house?
(a) Nate.
(b) Talking to strangers.
(c) Gervais' ulterior motives.
(d) Getting her English project completed.

14. To how many colleges has Ruby applied?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

15. Who answers the door at Marshall's place?
(a) No one.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Peyton.
(d) Rogerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby try to ask Nate?

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

3. What does Cora say she could have done when she left home?

4. What question does Nate ask Ruby?

5. About what is Reggie disappointed?

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