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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 say about Gervais?
(a) How annoying he is.
(b) That he has a few screws loose.
(c) That he's actually quite funny.
(d) That he's just a kid and not to be taken seriously.

2. Who does Nate seem to notice especially at school?
(a) Heather.
(b) His science teacher.
(c) The young woman who serves food in the cafeteria line.
(d) The trophies in the hall case.

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

4. Where does Gervais attend school in the afternoons?
(a) His regular middle school.
(b) A special needs school.
(c) The university.
(d) Perkins.

5. Why is Olivia at Perkins?
(a) Their family moved to that district.
(b) Her father made her go.
(c) Olivia had to move in with her grandmother in that district.
(d) Olivia wanted a better chance at a good college.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ruby encounter Nate Cross?

2. What does Mr. Thackray urge Jaime to do?

3. What does Ruby think when Jaime picks her up at school one afternoon?

4. What does Ruby realize in the morning?

5. What supposedly keeps Ruby from hitting Gervais?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruby notice about Jaime at breakfast the next morning?

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

3. What does Ruby say about Gervais at the beginning of this chapter?

4. Where does Ruby go from the mall and what important piece of information does Marshall gain from the encounter?

5. What happens when Nate takes Ruby back to her former home?

6. How does Ruby describe Olivia's behavior in literature class?

7. What has Jaime bought for himself, Ruby, Cora and Roscoe and how do Ruby and Cora react?

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

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

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

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