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

2. What has Ruby given up on about two weeks after she's been at Perkins Day?
(a) Seeing her mother.
(b) Seeing Marshall anymore.
(c) Getting drugs.
(d) Running away.

3. What does Mr. Thackray urge Jaime to do?
(a) Allow himself to be recognized for his donations to the school.
(b) Run for the school board.
(c) Ask Cora to run for president of the PTA.
(d) Keep an eye on Ruby.

4. What does Ruby say when asked where her mother is?
(a) She is in the looney bin.
(b) She does not know.
(c) She runt away from home.
(d) In Las Vegas.

5. What is one thing Ruby learns about Harriet as Harriet is training Ruby?
(a) Harriet is kind.
(b) Harriet likes Nate.
(c) Harriet is very controlling.
(d) Harriet does not take her job too seriously.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls out of Ruby's dress pocket when she is dressing at Marshall's house?

2. What sort of jobs did Ruby's mother hold?

3. On what has Ruby not made any progress?

4. What has Roscoe done several times after Ruby's arrival?

5. Why does Cora give Ruby two hundred dollars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruby say about her life before Cora picked her up earlier that day?

2. What does Ruby think about as far as her childhood before Cora leaves home?

3. Who is Marshall and what kind of relationship do Ruby and Marshall have?

4. Who does Ruby meet in her literature class, and what do the two have in common?

5. How does Ruby come to get a job at the mall?

6. What discussion do Jaime and Mr. Thackray have when Jaime brings Ruby to enroll in school?

7. What does Nate do for his father on a regular basis?

8. What does Ruby notice about Nate and Heather and what advice does she offer Nate, and what does he do?

9. What has Olivia verified and how does she feel about it?

10. What is Jaime showing Ruby at the opening to the novel and who else is there?

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